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from the earth you shall speak,</span><br /><span class="indent">and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,</span><br /><span class="indent">and from the dust your speech shall whisper.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">And in an instant, suddenly,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="indent">you will be visited by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts</span><br /><span class="ln-group">with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,</span><br /><span class="indent">with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,</span><br /><span class="indent">all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,</span><br /><span class="indent">shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,</span><br /><span class="indent">and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,</span><br /><span class="indent">and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">so shall the multitude of all the nations be</span><br /><span class="indent">that fight against Mount Zion.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Astonish yourselves<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Linger awhile">b</a></sup></span> and be astonished;</span><br /><span class="indent">blind yourselves and be blind!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Be drunk,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or They are drunk">c</a></sup></span> but not with wine;</span><br /><span class="indent">stagger,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or they stagger">d</a></sup></span> but not with strong drink!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has poured out upon you</span><br /><span class="indent">a spirit of deep sleep,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and has closed your eyes (the prophets),</span><br /><span class="indent">and covered your heads (the seers).</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”</p> <span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And the Lord said:</span><br /><span class="ln-group">“Because this people draw near with their mouth</span><br /><span class="indent">and honor me with their lips,</span><br /><span class="indent">while their hearts are far from me,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">therefore, behold, I will again</span><br /><span class="indent">do wonderful things with this people,</span><br /><span class="indent">with wonder upon wonder;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Ah, you who hide deep from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your counsel,</span><br /><span class="indent">whose deeds are in the dark,</span><br /><span class="indent">and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You turn things upside down!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that the thing made should say of its maker,</span><br /><span class="indent">“He did not make me”;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">or the thing formed say of him who formed it,</span><br /><span class="indent">“He has no understanding”?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Is it not yet a very little while</span><br /><span class="indent">until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In that day the deaf shall hear</span><br /><span class="indent">the words of a book,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and out of their gloom and darkness</span><br /><span class="indent">the eyes of the blind shall see.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the ruthless shall come to nothing</span><br /><span class="indent">and the scoffer cease,</span><br /><span class="indent">and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">who by a word make a man out to be an offender,</span><br /><span class="indent">and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,</span><br /><span class="indent">and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,</span><br /><span class="indent">no more shall his face grow pale.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For when he sees his children,</span><br /><span class="indent">the work of my hands, in his midst,</span><br /><span class="indent">they will sanctify my name;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob</span><br /><span class="indent">and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding,</span><br /><span class="indent">and those who murmur will accept instruction.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <i class="catch-word">Ariel</i> could mean <i>lion of God</i>, or <i>hero</i> (2 Samuel 23:20), or <i>altar hearth</i> (Ezekiel 43:15 - 16)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>Linger awhile</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>They are drunk</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>they stagger</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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