Isa 29:4And thy words shall be brought down to the earth, and thy words shall sink down to the earth, and thy voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth, and thy voice shall [fn]be lowered to the ground.
Isa 29:5But the wealth of the ungodly shall be as dust from a wheel, and the multitude of them that oppress thee as flying chaff, and it shall be suddenly as a moment,
Isa 29:6from the Lord of hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud [fn]noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire.
Isa 29:7And the wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by night.
Isa 29:8And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.
Isa 29:10For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and the eyes of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.
Isa 29:11And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed.
Isa 29:12And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and one shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learned.
Isa 29:13And the Lord has said, [fn] This people draw nigh to me with their mouth, and they honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men.
Isa 29:14Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them: and [fn] I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.
Isa 29:15Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works [fn]are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?
Isa 29:16Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? [fn] Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?
Isa 29:18And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see,
Isa 29:21and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.
Isa 29:22Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraam, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall he now change countenance.
Isa 29:23But when their children shall have seen my works, they shall sanctify my name for my sake, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Isa 29:24And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.
