1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.
2 And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.
3 And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.
4 Thou shalt be brought down, thou shalt speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the ground thy speech shall mutter.
5 And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.
6 And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.
7 And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.
8 And as he that is hungry dreameth, and eateth, but when he is awake, his soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his soul is empty: so shall be the multitude of all the Gentiles, that have fought against mount Sion.
9 Be astonished, and wander, waver, and stagger: be drunk, and not with wine: stagger, and not with drunkenness.
10 For the Lord hath mingled for you the spirit of a deep sleep, he will shut up your eyes, he will cover your prophets and princes, that see visions.
11 And the vision of all shall be unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which when they shall deliver to one that is learned, they shall say: Read this: and he shall answer: I cannot, for it is sealed.
12 And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read: and he shall answer: I know no letters.
13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men:
14 Therefore behold I will proceed to cause an admiration in this people, by a great and wonderful miracle: for wisdom shall perish from their wise men, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?
16 This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?
18 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
19 And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For he that did prevail hath failed, the scorner is consumed, and they are all cut off that watched for iniquity:
21 That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham: Jacob shall not now be confounded, neither shall his countenance now be ashamed:
23 But when he shall see his children, the work of my hands in the midst of him sanctifying my name, and they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall glorify the God of Israel:
24 And they that erred in spirit, shall know understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn the law.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 29:
Isaiah chapter 29 begins with a warning against Jerusalem, which is described as a city surrounded and oppressed, but does not realize its condition of spiritual blindness. From there, the prophet talks about the restoration of the city and the people, promising a time of redemption and renewal. The verses related to the topics addressed in Isaiah 29 are:
Jeremiah 5:21: "I heard this now, O foolish people and without understanding, that you have eyes and not see, that you have heard and not heard." Just as Isaiah warned Jerusalem about his spiritual blindness, Jeremiah also talks about the foolishness of the people who cannot see or hear the truth.
Ezekiel 36:26: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will take from you the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." Just as Isaiah talks about the restoration of Jerusalem and the people, Ezekiel also promises a renewal of the heart and spirit.
Joel 2:28-29: "And it must be, then I will pour out my Spirit upon all the flesh, and your children and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will have dreams, your young people will have visions. and on the servants in those days I will pour out my spirit. " Isaiah talks about a time of renewal and restoration, and Joel also prophesies about the effusion of the Spirit of God upon all the people.
Psalm 126:1-3: "When the Lord brought from captivity those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouths filled with laughter and our language of songs; then it said among the Gentiles: Great things The Lord made these. Great things made the Lord for us; so we are happy. " This psalm talks about the return of Babylonian exile and the joy that the people experienced. Isaiah also talks about the restoration and renewal of Jerusalem and the people.
Revelation 21:5: "And he who was sitting on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And I said to me, Write; for these words are true and faithful." Just as Isaiah talks about the restoration and renewal of Jerusalem, Revelation talks about the New Jerusalem and the renewal of all things.
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