1 亚利伊勒、亚利伊勒（"亚利伊勒"意即"祭坛的炉"， 代表耶路撒冷）， 大卫曾在此安营的城啊， 有祸了！ 虽然你一年又一年按时举行节期， 2 我却要使亚利伊勒受困苦， 成了一座充满悲伤哀号的城， 我要以它为亚利伊勒。 3 我必四面安营攻击你， 筑起攻城的台来围困你， 堆起高垒攻击你。 4 你必降低， 从地中说话； 你说的话必细微， 如同出于尘土； 你的声音必像交鬼者的声音， 从地里出来； 你的言语必像耳语般低微， 如同出于尘土。 5 但你敌人的数量必多如灰尘， 那些强暴者的数量也多如被吹散的糠秕， 这必在顷刻之间， 突然发生。 6 万军之耶和华必用雷轰、地震、大声、旋风、暴风和吞灭人的火焰来惩罚他们。 7 那时， 所有攻击亚利伊勒的列国众军， 就是所有攻击亚利伊勒和它的堡垒， 以及迫害它的， 必如梦景， 如夜间的异象。 8 又像饥饿的人在梦中吃饭， 醒了以后， 仍然觉得饥饿； 又像口渴的人在梦中喝水， 醒了以后， 仍然觉得口渴， 心里还是想喝。那攻打锡安山的列国众军， 也必这样。 9 你们留连吧， 自我蒙蔽， 继续盲目吧！ 你们醉了， 却与酒无关， 你们东倒西歪， 也不是因为浓酒的缘故。 10 因为耶和华把沉睡的灵， 倾倒在你们身上； 他紧闭你们的眼， 就是先知； 蒙盖你们的头， 就是先见。 11 对你们来说， 整个异象就像密封的书卷的话， 人把这书卷交给识字的， 说： "请念吧！ "他必回答： "我不能念， 因为它是密封的。" 12 人又把这书卷交给不识字的人， 说： "请念吧！ "他必回答： "我不识字。" 13 主说： "因为这子民只用言语来亲近我， 用嘴唇尊崇我， 他们的心却远离我。他们对我的敬畏， 只是遵从传统的吩咐。 14 因此， 看哪！ 我要再向这子民施行奇事， 就是奇妙又奇妙的事； 他们智慧人的智慧必要消没， 他们聪明人的聪明必被隐藏。" 15 那些向耶和华深藏谋略的人， 有祸了！ 他们在暗中行事， 说： "谁看见我们？谁知道我们？" 16 你们颠倒事理了！ 窑匠怎能被看作泥土呢？被造的怎能对造它的说： "他没有造我"？制成品怎可对制成它的说： "他不聪明"？ 17 不是还有一点点的时候， 黎巴嫩就要变为肥田， 肥田就要被看为树林吗？ 18 到那日， 聋子必听见这书卷上的话； 瞎子的眼， 必在迷蒙黑暗中也能看见。 19 困苦的必因耶和华增添喜乐； 贫穷的人必因以色列的圣者而快乐。 20 因为强暴人归于无有， 好讥笑人的必被灭绝； 所有意图行恶的， 必被剪除。 21 他们只用一句话就定了人的罪， 又设下网罗来陷害城门口那执行裁判的， 用毫无根据的事屈枉义人。 22 因此， 曾经救赎亚伯拉罕的耶和华， 论到雅各家时， 这样说： "雅各今后必不再羞愧， 他的脸容也不再变为苍白， 23 因为他看见了他的子孙在他中间， 就是我手所作的。他们必尊我的名为圣， 必尊雅各的圣者为圣， 也必敬畏以色列的 神。 24 那些心中迷惑的， 必明白真理， 那些发怨言的， 必接受教训。"

1 Wo [to] Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round.2 And I have sent distress to Ariel, And it hath been lamentation and mourning, And it hath been to me as Ariel.3 And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.4 And thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest,5 And as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant -- suddenly.6 By Jehovah of Hosts thou art inspected, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, hurricane, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.7 And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.8 And it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty [is] his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.9 Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.10 For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.11 And the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,` And he hath said, `I am not able, for it [is] sealed;`12 And the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,` And he hath said, `I have not known books.`13 And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!14 Therefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.`15 Wo [to] those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?`16 Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?` And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?`17 Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?18 And heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.19 And the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.20 For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,21 Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.22 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: `Not now ashamed is Jacob, Nor now doth his face become pale,23 For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And the God of Israel they declare fearful.24 And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!`