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Isaiah 29 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Jerusalem Is Warned

Isa 29:1

Isa 29:1Woe, O [fn]Ariel, [fn]Ariel the city where David once camped!
Add year to year, [fn]observe your feasts on schedule.

Isa 29:2

Isa 29:2I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of lamenting and mourning;
And she will be like an Ariel to me.

Isa 29:3

Isa 29:3I will camp against you [fn]encircling you,
And I will set siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.

Isa 29:4

Isa 29:4Then you will be 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 [fn]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

Isa 29:5

Isa 29:5But the multitude of your [fn]enemies will become like fine dust,
And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which [fn]blows away;
And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

Isa 29:6

Isa 29:6From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Isa 29:7

Isa 29:7And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against [fn]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

Isa 29:8

Isa 29:8It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [fn]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 [fn]thirst is not quenched.
Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

Isa 29:9

Isa 29:9Be delayed and wait,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with strong drink.

Isa 29:10

Isa 29:10For the LORD has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Isa 29:11

Isa 29:11The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [fn]book, which when they give it to the one who [fn]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

Isa 29:12

Isa 29:12Then the [fn]book will be given to the one who [fn]is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I [fn]cannot read.”

Isa 29:13

Isa 29:13Then the Lord said,
“Because this people draw near with their [fn]words
And honor Me with their [fn]lip service,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their [fn]reverence for Me [fn]consists of [fn]tradition learned by rote,

Isa 29:14

Isa 29:14Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.”

Isa 29:15

Isa 29:15Woe to those who deeply hide their [fn]plans from the LORD,
And whose deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

Isa 29:16

Isa 29:16You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [fn]as equal with the clay,
That what 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”?

Blessing after Discipline

Isa 29:17

Isa 29:17Is it not yet just a little while
[fn]Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

Isa 29:18

Isa 29:18On that day the deaf will hear words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

Isa 29:19

Isa 29:19The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD,
And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 29:20

Isa 29:20For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,
Indeed all who [fn]are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

Isa 29:21

Isa 29:21Who [fn]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,
And [fn]defraud the one in the right with [fn]meaningless arguments.

Isa 29:22

Isa 29:22Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;

Isa 29:23

Isa 29:23But when [fn]he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isa 29:24

Isa 29:24“Those who err in [fn]mind will know [fn]the truth,
And those who [fn]criticize will [fn]accept instruction.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
I.e. Lion of God, or Jerusalem
Literally: let your feasts run their round
Literally: like a circle
Or, ghost
Literally: strangers
Literally: passes away
V 1, note 1
Literally: soul
Or, scroll
Literally: knows books
Or, scroll
Literally: does not know books
Literally: do not know books
Literally: mouth
Literally: lips
Literally: fear of Me
Literally: is
Literally: commandment of rulers
Literally: counsel
Literally: like
Literally: And
Literally: watch evil
Literally: bring a person under condemnation
Literally: turn aside
Literally: confusion
Or, his children see
Literally: spirit
Literally: understanding
Literally: murmur
Literally: learn
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