Yeshayah (Isaiah) 29
29
1Woe to Ari’ĕl, to Ari’ĕl, the city where Dawiḏ dwelt! Add year to year, let festivals come around.
2“And I shall distress Ari’ĕl, and there shall be mourning and sorrow, and it shall be to Me as Ari’ĕl.
3“And I shall encamp against you all around, I shall lay siege against you with a mound, and I shall raise siege-works against you.
4“And you shall be brought low and speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low, out of the dust. And your voice shall be like a medium’s, out of the ground, and your speech whisper out of the dust.
5“But the crowd of those strange to you shall be like fine dust, and the crowd of the ruthless ones as chaff blowing away. And it shall be in an instant, suddenly!”
6You shall be visited by יהוה of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and flame of devouring fire.
7Then the crowd of all the nations who fight against Ari’ĕl, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8And it shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and see, he eats; but he awakes, and his being is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreams, and see, he drinks; but he awakes, and see, he is faint, and his being is longing. Thus shall the crowd of all the nations be who fight against Mount Tsiyon.
9Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10For יהוה has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets. And He has covered your heads, the seers.
11And the entire vision is to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men give to one who knows books, saying, “Read this, please.” And he said, “I am unable, for it is sealed.”
12And the book is given to one who does not know books, saying, “Read this, please.” And he said, “I have not known books.”
13And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!#See Mat. 15:8, 9; Mark 7:6, 7
14“Therefore, see, I am again doing a marvellous work among this people, a marvellous work and a wonder. And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their clever men shall be hidden.”
15Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from יהוה, and their works are in the dark; they say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
16How perverse of you! Should the potter be reckoned as the clay? Should what is made say of its Maker, “He did not make me”? And what is formed say of Him who formed it, “He did not understand”?
17Is it not yet a little while, and Leḇanon shall be turned into garden land, and garden land be reckoned as a forest?
18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of gloom, and out of darkness.
19And the meek ones shall increase their joy in יהוה, and the poor among men rejoice in the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.
20For the ruthless one is brought to naught, the scorner is consumed, and all who watch for evil shall be cut off,
21those who make a man to sin in word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with empty reasoning.
22Therefore thus said יהוה, who ransomed Aḇraham, concerning the house of Ya‛aqoḇ, “Ya‛aqoḇ is no longer put to shame, no longer does his face grow pale.
23“For when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, they shall set apart My Name, and set apart the Set-apart One of Ya‛aqoḇ, and fear the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.
24“And those who went astray in spirit shall come to understanding, and the grumblers accept instruction.”
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Isaiah 29
29
Woe to Jerusalem
1Ah! Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped!
Add year to year,
let festivals recur.
2Yet#Or “And” I will inflict Ariel,
and there shall be mourning and lamentation,
and it shall be to me like an altar hearth.#Hebrew “Ariel,” which might mean “altar hearth”
3And I will encamp in a circle#The Hebrew text literally reads “like the ball”; the LXX supports an emendation to “David” against you,
and I will lay siege to you with towers#Hebrew “tower”
and I will raise up siegeworks against you.
4Then#Or “And” you shall be low;
you shall speak from the earth,
and your words#Hebrew “word” will be low, from dust.
And your voice will be from the earth, like a ghost,
and your word will whisper from the dust.
5But#Or “And” the multitude of your strangers shall be like fine dust,
and the multitude of tyrants like chaff that passes by.
And it will happen in an instant, suddenly.
6You will be punished by Yahweh of hosts
with thunder and earthquake and great sound,
storm wind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.
7And the multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel,
all those who fight against her and her stronghold,
and those who inflict her shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
8And it shall be as when the hungry person dreams—look, he is eating! And he wakes up and his inner self is empty.
Or#Or “And” as when the thirsty person dreams—look, he is drinking! And he wakes up and look, he is faint, and his inner self is longing for water.
So shall be the multitude of all the nations who fight against Mount Zion.
9Be astonished and be amazed!
Blind yourselves and be blinded!
They are drunk but#Or “and” not from wine;
they stagger but#Or “and” not from strong drink.
10For Yahweh has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep,
and he has shut your eyes, the prophets,
and he has covered your heads, the seers.
11And the vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document.
When they give it to one who knows the#The reading tradition (Qere) has “a” instead of “the” document, saying, “Read#Literally “Call” this now!” He says, “I am not able, for it is sealed.”
12And if the document is given to one who does not know how to read,#Literally “know a document” saying, “Read#Literally “Call” this now!” he says, “I do not know how to read.”#Literally “know a document”
13And the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with its mouth,
and with its lips it honors me,
and its heart is far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,
14therefore look, I am again doing something spectacular and a spectacle with this spectacular people.
And the wisdom of its wise men shall perish,
and the discernment of its discerning ones shall keep itself hidden.”
15Ah! Those who make a plan deep, to hide it from Yahweh,
and their deeds are#The Hebrew is singular in a dark place.
And they say, “Who sees us?
And who knows us?”
16Your perversity!
As if a potter#Literally “of the one who creates” shall be regarded as the clay! That the product of its maker says, “He did not make me,”
and the thing made into shape says of its potter,#Literally “one who creates” “He has no understanding.”
Blessing after Punishment
17In a very little while#Literally “Not still a trifling of time” shall not Lebanon change into a fruitful land,
and the fruitful land be regarded as a forest?
18And on that day, the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll,
and the eyes of the blind shall see out of gloom and darkness.
19And the meek have joy after joy#Literally “shall add joy” in Yahweh,
and the needy of the people shall rejoice in the holy one of Israel.
20For the tyrant shall be no more,
and the scoffer shall come to an end.
And all those lying in wait for evil shall be cut off;
21those who mislead a person into sin with a word
and set a trap for the arbitrator#Literally “one who argues” in the gate
and guide away the righteous by emptiness.
22Therefore Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, says this to the house of Jacob:
“Jacob will no longer be ashamed,
and his face will no longer grow pale.
23For when he sees his children,
the work of my hands, in his midst,
they will treat my name as holy,
and they will treat the holy one of Jacob as holy,
and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24And those who err in spirit will acquire#Literally “know” understanding,
and those who grumble will learn instruction.
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