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         <div class="label">29</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to David&#8217;s City</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">the city where David settled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">Add year to year</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">and let your cycle of festivals go on.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.29.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet I will besiege Ariel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">she will mourn and lament,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">she will be to me like an altar hearth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">altar hearth </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">Ariel</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.29.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will encamp against you on all sides;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">I will encircle you with towers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">and set up my siege works against you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.29.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Brought low, you will speak from the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">your speech will mumble out of the dust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">out of the dust your speech will whisper.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.29.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But your many enemies will become like fine dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">the ruthless hordes like blown chaff.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">Suddenly, in an instant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.29.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will come</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">with thunder and earthquake and great noise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">with windstorm and tempest and flames of a devouring fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.29.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Ariel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">that attack her and her fortress and besiege her,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">will be as it is with a dream,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">with a vision in the night&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.29.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">as when a hungry person dreams of eating,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">but awakens hungry still;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">but awakens faint and thirsty still.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">So will it be with the hordes of all the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">that fight against Mount Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.29.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Be stunned and amazed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">blind yourselves and be sightless;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">be drunk, but not from wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">stagger, but not from beer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.29.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has brought over you a deep sleep:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">He has sealed your eyes (the prophets);</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">he has covered your heads (the seers).</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.29.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.29.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, &#8220;Read this, please,&#8221; they will answer, &#8220;I can&#8217;t; it is sealed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.29.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, &#8220;Read this, please,&#8221; they will answer, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to read.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.29.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The Lord says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">&#8220;These people come near to me with their mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">and honor me with their lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">but their hearts are far from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">Their worship of me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">is based on merely human rules they have been taught.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">29:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.29.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore once more I will astound these people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">with wonder upon wonder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">the wisdom of the wise will perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.29.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Woe to those who go to great depths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">to hide their plans from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">who do their work in darkness and think,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Who sees us? Who will know?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.29.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">You turn things upside down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">&#8220;You did not make me&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">Can the pot say to the potter,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">&#8220;You know nothing&#8221;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ISA.29.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="content">and the fertile field seem like a forest?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ISA.29.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">and out of gloom and darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">the eyes of the blind will see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ISA.29.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Once more the humble will rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="content">the needy will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ISA.29.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The ruthless will vanish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">the mockers will disappear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.29.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">who ensnare the defender in court</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.29.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">&#8220;No longer will Jacob be ashamed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">no longer will their faces grow pale.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.29.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they see among them their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">the work of my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">they will keep my name holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ISA.29.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.29.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ISA.29.24"><span class="content">those who complain will accept instruction.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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