Isaías 29

Woe to Jerusalem

1 "Woe *Ezek. 24:6, 9to Ariel, to Ariel, the city *2 Sam. 5:9where David dwelt!

Add year to year;

Let feasts come around.

2 Yet I will distress Ariel;

There shall be heaviness and sorrow,

And it shall be to Me as Ariel.

3 I will encamp against you all around,

I will lay siege against you with a mound,

And I will raise siegeworks against you.

4 You shall be brought down,

You shall speak out of the ground;

Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;

Your voice shall be like a medium’s, *Is. 8:19out of the ground;

And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

5 "Moreover the multitude of your *Is. 25:5foes

Shall be like fine dust,

And the multitude of the terrible ones

Like *Job 21:18; Is. 17:13chaff that passes away;

Yes, it shall be *Is. 30:13; 47:11; 1 Thess. 5:3in an instant, suddenly.

6 *Is. 28:2; 30:30You will be punished by the Lord of hosts

With thunder and *1 Sam. 2:10; Zech. 14:4; Matt. 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Rev. 16:18, 19earthquake and great noise,

With storm and tempest

And the flame of devouring fire.

7 *Is. 37:36; Mic. 4:11, 12; Zech. 12:9The multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel,

Even all who fight against her and her fortress,

And distress her,

Shall be *Job 20:8as a dream of a night vision.

8 *Ps. 73:20It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,

And look—he eats;

But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;

Or as when a thirsty man dreams,

And look—he drinks;

But he awakes, and indeed heis faint,

And his soul still craves:

So the multitude of all the nations shall be,

Who fight against Mount Zion."

The Blindness of Disobedience

9 Pause and wonder!

Blind yourselves and be blind!

*Is. 28:7, 8They are drunk, *Is. 51:21but not with wine;

They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.

10 For *Ps. 69:23; Is. 6:9, 10; Mic. 3:6; Rom. 11:8the Lord has poured out on you

The spirit of deep sleep,

And has *Ps. 69:23; Is. 6:10closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;

And He has covered your heads, namely,*1 Sam. 9:9; Is. 44:18; Mic. 3:6; (2 Thess. 2:9–12)the seers.

11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book *Is. 8:16that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, "Read this, please."

*Dan. 12:4, 9; (Matt. 13:11–16); Rev. 5:1–5, 9And he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."

12 Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please."

And he says, "I am not literate."

13 Therefore the Lord said:

*Ps. 78:36; Ezek. 33:31; Matt. 15:8, 9; Mark 7:6, 7"Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths

And honor Me *Col. 2:22with their lips,

But have removed their hearts far from Me,

And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

14 *Is. 6:9, 10; 28:21; Hab. 1:5Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work

Among this people,

A marvelous work and a wonder;

*Is. 44:25; Jer. 49:7; Obad. 8; 1 Cor. 1:19For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,

And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."

15 *Is. 30:1Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,

And their works are in the dark;

*Ps. 10:11; 94:7; Is. 47:10; Ezek. 8:12; Mal. 2:17They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?"

16 Surely you have things turned around!

Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;

For shall the *Is. 45:9; Jer. 18:1–6; (Rom. 9:19–21)thing made say of him who made it,

"He did not make me"?

Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,

"He has no understanding"?

Future Recovery of Wisdom

17 Is it not yet a very little while

Till *Is. 32:15Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,

And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?

18 *Is. 35:5; Matt. 11:5; Mark 7:37In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,

And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

19 *(Ps. 25:9; 37:11; Is. 11:4; 61:1; Matt. 5:5; 11:29)The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,

And *Is. 14:30; (Matt. 5:3; 11:5; James 2:5)the poor among men shall rejoice

In the Holy One of Israel.

20 For the terrible one is brought to nothing,

*Is. 28:14The scornful one is consumed,

And all who *Is. 59:4; Mic. 2:1watch for iniquity are cut off—

21 Who make a man an offender by a word,

And *Amos 5:10, 12lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,

And turn aside the just *Prov. 28:21by empty words.

22 Therefore thus says the Lord, *Josh. 24:3who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

"Jacob shall not now be *Is. 45:17ashamed,

Nor shall his face now grow pale;

23 But when he sees his children,

*(Is. 45:11; 49:20–26; Eph. 2:10)The work of My hands, in his midst,

They will hallow My name,

And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,

And fear the God of Israel.

24 These also *Is. 28:7who erred in spirit will come to understanding,

And those who complained will learn doctrine."