Book of Isaiah, Chapter 29
Isaiah 29 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 29 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Woe, O [a]Ariel, [b]Ariel the city where David once 1camped!
Add year to year, [c]2observe your feasts on schedule. - I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of lamenting and 3mourning;
And she will be like an Ariel to me. - I will 4camp against you [d]encircling you,
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you. - Then you will 5be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a [e]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust. - ¶ But the multitude of your [f]enemies will become like fine 6dust,
And the multitude of the 7ruthless ones like the chaff which [g]blows away;
And it will happen 8instantly, suddenly. - From the LORD of hosts you will be 9punished with 10thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire. - And the 11multitude of all the nations who wage war against [h]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a 12vision of the night. - It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [i]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [j]thirst is not quenched.
13Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion. - ¶ 14Be delayed and wait,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They 15become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with strong drink. - For the LORD has poured over you a spirit of deep 16sleep,
He has 17shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers. - ¶ The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [k]18book, which when they give it to the one who [l]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
- Then the [m]book will be given to the one who [n]is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I [o]cannot read.”
- ¶ Then the Lord said,
¶ “Because 19this people draw near with their [p]words
And honor Me with their [q]lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their [r]reverence for Me [s]consists of [t]tradition learned by rote, - Therefore behold, I will once again deal 20marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And 21the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.” - ¶ Woe to those who deeply 22hide their [u]plans from the LORD,
And whose 23deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “24Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?” - You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [v]as equal with the clay,
That 25what is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? - ¶ Is it not yet just a little while
[w]Before Lebanon will be turned into a 26fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest? - On that day the 27deaf will hear 28words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the 29eyes of the blind will see. - The 30afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD,
And the 31needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. - For the 32ruthless will come to an end and the 33scorner will be finished,
Indeed 34all who [x]are intent on doing evil will be cut off; - Who [y]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And 35ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,
And [z]36defraud the one in the right with [aa]meaningless arguments. - ¶ Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed 37Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
¶ “Jacob 38shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale; - But when [ab]he sees his 39children, the 40work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will 41sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel. - “Those who 42err in [ac]mind will 43know [ad]the truth,
And those who [ae]criticize will [af]44accept instruction.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ I.e. Lion of God, or Jerusalem
- ^ I.e. Lion of God, or Jerusalem
- ^ Lit let your feasts run their round
- ^ Lit like a circle
- ^ Or ghost
- ^ Lit strangers
- ^ Lit passes away
- ^ V 1, note 1
- ^ Lit soul
- ^ Lit soul
- ^ Or scroll
- ^ Lit knows books
- ^ Or scroll
- ^ Lit does not know books
- ^ Lit do not know books
- ^ Lit mouth
- ^ Lit lips
- ^ Lit fear of Me
- ^ Lit is
- ^ Lit commandment of rulers
- ^ Lit counsel
- ^ Lit like
- ^ Lit And
- ^ Lit watch evil
- ^ Lit bring a person under condemnation
- ^ Lit turn aside
- ^ Lit confusion
- ^ Or his children see
- ^ Lit spirit
- ^ Lit understanding
- ^ Lit murmur
- ^ Lit learn
REFERENCES
- ^ 2Sa 5:9
- ^ Is 1:14; 5:12; 22:12, 13; 29:9, 13
- ^ Is 3:26; La 2:5
- ^ Lu 19:43, 44
- ^ Is 8:19
- ^ Is 17:13; 41:15, 16
- ^ Is 13:11; 25:3; 29:20
- ^ Is 17:14; 30:13; 47:11; 1Th 5:3
- ^ Is 10:3; 26:14, 21
- ^ 1Sa 2:10; Mt 24:7; Mr 13:8; Lu 21:11; Re 11:13, 19; 16:18
- ^ Mc 4:11, 12; Zc 12:9
- ^ Jb 20:8; Ps 73:20; Is 17:14
- ^ Is 54:17
- ^ Is 29:1
- ^ Is 51:17, 21, 22; 63:6
- ^ Ps 69:23; Is 6:9, 10; Mc 3:6; Ro 11:8
- ^ Is 44:18; 2Th 2:9-12
- ^ Is 8:16; Da 12:4, 9; Mt 13:11
- ^ Eze 33:31; Mt 15:8, 9; Mr 7:6, 7
- ^ Is 6:9, 10; 28:21; 65:7; Hab 1:5
- ^ Is 44:25; Je 8:9; 49:7; 1Co 1:19
- ^ Ps 10:11, 13; Is 28:15; 30:1
- ^ Jb 22:13; Is 57:12; Eze 8:12
- ^ Ps 94:7; Is 47:10; Ml 2:17
- ^ Is 45:9; 64:8; Je 18:1-6; Ro 9:19-21
- ^ Ps 84:6; 107:33, 35; Is 32:15
- ^ Is 35:5; 42:18, 19; 43:8; Mt 11:5; Mr 7:37
- ^ Is 29:11
- ^ Ps 119:18; Pr 20:12; Is 32:3
- ^ Ps 25:9; 37:11; Is 11:4; 61:1; Mt 5:5; 11:29
- ^ Is 3:14, 15; 11:4; 14:30, 32; 25:4; 26:6; Mt 11:5; Jm 1:9; 2:5
- ^ Is 29:5
- ^ Is 28:14
- ^ Is 59:4; Mc 2:1
- ^ Am 5:10
- ^ Is 32:7; Am 5:12
- ^ Is 41:8; 51:2; 63:16
- ^ Is 45:17; 49:23; 50:7; 54:4
- ^ Is 49:20-26
- ^ Is 26:12; 45:11; Eph 2:10
- ^ Is 5:16; 8:13
- ^ Is 30:21; Heb 5:2
- ^ Is 41:20; 60:16
- ^ Is 54:13
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