Isaiah 29 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jerusalem Is Warned

29 Woe, [a]Ariel, [b]Ariel the city where David once (A)camped!
Add year to year, [c](B)keep your feasts on schedule.
2 I will bring distress to Ariel,
And she will be a city of grieving and (C)mourning;
And she will be like an [d]Ariel to me.
3 I will (D)camp against you [e]encircling you,
And I will set up siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up battle towers against you.
4 Then you will (E)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 [f]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

5 But the multitude of your [g]enemies will become like fine (F)dust,
And the multitude of the (G)ruthless ones like the chaff which [h]blows away;
And it will happen (H)instantly, suddenly.
6 From the Lord of armies you will be (I)punished with (J)thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
7 And the (K)multitude of all the nations who wage war against [i]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a (L)vision of the night.
8 It will be as when a hungry person dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [j]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty person dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [k]thirst is not quenched.
(M)So will the multitude of all the nations be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

9 (N)Be delayed and horrified,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They (O)become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
10 For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep (P)sleep,
He has (Q)shut your eyes—the prophets;
And He has covered your heads—the seers.

11 The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [l](R)book, which, when they give it to the one who [m]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” 12 Then the [n]book will be given to the one who [o]is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I [p]cannot read.”

13 Then the Lord said,

“Because (S)this people approaches Me with their [q]words
And honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me,
And their [r]reverence for Me [s]consists of the commandment of men that is taught;
14 Therefore behold, I will once again deal (T)marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And (U)the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the understanding of their men who have understanding will be concealed.”

15 Woe to those who deeply (V)hide their [t]plans from the Lord,
And whose (W)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “(X)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16 You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [u]as equal with the clay,
That (Y)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

17 Is it not yet just a little while
[v]Before Lebanon will be turned into a (Z)fertile field,
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
18 On that day those who are (AA)deaf will hear (AB)words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the (AC)eyes of those who are blind will see.
19 The (AD)afflicted also will increase their joy in the Lord,
And the (AE)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the (AF)ruthless will come to an end and the (AG)scorner will be finished,
Indeed (AH)all who [w]are intent on doing evil will be eliminated,
21 Who [x]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And (AI)set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And [y](AJ)defraud the one in the right with [z]meaningless arguments.

22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed (AK)Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob (AL)will not be ashamed now, nor will his face turn pale now;
23 But when [aa]he sees his (AM)children, the (AN)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will (AO)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who (AP)err in [ab]mind will (AQ)know [ac]the truth,
And those who [ad]criticize will [ae](AR)accept instruction.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:1 I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem
  2. Isaiah 29:1 I.e., Lion of God, or Jerusalem
  3. Isaiah 29:1 Lit let your feasts run their round
  4. Isaiah 29:2 Ariel (i.e., Jerusalem) is a Heb word for “altar hearth” where offerings were burned
  5. Isaiah 29:3 Lit like a circle
  6. Isaiah 29:4 Or ghost
  7. Isaiah 29:5 Lit strangers
  8. Isaiah 29:5 Lit passes away
  9. Isaiah 29:7 See note 1 v 1
  10. Isaiah 29:8 Lit soul
  11. Isaiah 29:8 Lit soul
  12. Isaiah 29:11 Or scroll
  13. Isaiah 29:11 Lit knows books
  14. Isaiah 29:12 Or scroll
  15. Isaiah 29:12 Lit does not know books
  16. Isaiah 29:12 Lit do not know books
  17. Isaiah 29:13 Lit mouth
  18. Isaiah 29:13 Lit fear of Me
  19. Isaiah 29:13 Lit is
  20. Isaiah 29:15 Lit counsel
  21. Isaiah 29:16 Lit like
  22. Isaiah 29:17 Lit And
  23. Isaiah 29:20 Lit watch evil
  24. Isaiah 29:21 Lit bring a person under condemnation
  25. Isaiah 29:21 Lit turn aside
  26. Isaiah 29:21 Lit confusion
  27. Isaiah 29:23 Or his children see
  28. Isaiah 29:24 Lit spirit
  29. Isaiah 29:24 Lit understanding
  30. Isaiah 29:24 Lit murmur
  31. Isaiah 29:24 Lit learn

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 29:1 : 2 Sam 5:9
  2. Isaiah 29:1 : Is 1:14; 5:12; 22:12, 13; 29:9, 13
  3. Isaiah 29:2 : Is 3:26; Lam 2:5
  4. Isaiah 29:3 : Luke 19:43, 44
  5. Isaiah 29:4 : Is 8:19
  6. Isaiah 29:5 : Is 17:13; 41:15, 16
  7. Isaiah 29:5 : Is 13:11; 25:3; 29:20
  8. Isaiah 29:5 : Is 17:14; 30:13; 47:11; 1 Thess 5:3
  9. Isaiah 29:6 : Is 10:3; 26:14, 21
  10. Isaiah 29:6 : 1 Sam 2:10; Matt 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; Rev 11:13, 19; 16:18
  11. Isaiah 29:7 : Mic 4:11, 12; Zech 12:9
  12. Isaiah 29:7 : Job 20:8; Ps 73:20; Is 17:14
  13. Isaiah 29:8 : Is 54:17
  14. Isaiah 29:9 : Is 29:1
  15. Isaiah 29:9 : Is 51:17, 21, 22; 63:6
  16. Isaiah 29:10 : Ps 69:23; Is 6:9, 10; Mic 3:6; Rom 11:8
  17. Isaiah 29:10 : Is 44:18; 2 Thess 2:9-12
  18. Isaiah 29:11 : Is 8:16; Dan 12:4, 9; Matt 13:11
  19. Isaiah 29:13 : Ezek 33:31; Matt 15:8, 9; Mark 7:6, 7
  20. Isaiah 29:14 : Is 6:9, 10; 28:21; 65:7; Hab 1:5
  21. Isaiah 29:14 : Is 44:25; Jer 8:9; 49:7; 1 Cor 1:19
  22. Isaiah 29:15 : Ps 10:11, 13; Is 28:15; 30:1
  23. Isaiah 29:15 : Job 22:13; Is 57:12; Ezek 8:12
  24. Isaiah 29:15 : Ps 94:7; Is 47:10; Mal 2:17
  25. Isaiah 29:16 : Is 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:1-6; Rom 9:19-21
  26. Isaiah 29:17 : Ps 84:6; 107:33, 35; Is 32:15
  27. Isaiah 29:18 : Is 35:5; 42:18, 19; 43:8; Matt 11:5; Mark 7:37
  28. Isaiah 29:18 : Is 29:11
  29. Isaiah 29:18 : Ps 119:18; Prov 20:12; Is 32:3
  30. Isaiah 29:19 : Ps 25:9; 37:11; Is 11:4; 61:1; Matt 5:5; 11:29
  31. Isaiah 29:19 : Is 3:14, 15; 11:4; 14:30, 32; 25:4; 26:6; Matt 11:5; James 1:9; 2:5
  32. Isaiah 29:20 : Is 29:5
  33. Isaiah 29:20 : Is 28:14
  34. Isaiah 29:20 : Is 59:4; Mic 2:1
  35. Isaiah 29:21 : Amos 5:10
  36. Isaiah 29:21 : Is 32:7; Amos 5:12
  37. Isaiah 29:22 : Is 41:8; 51:2; 63:16
  38. Isaiah 29:22 : Is 45:17; 49:23; 50:7; 54:4
  39. Isaiah 29:23 : Is 49:20-26
  40. Isaiah 29:23 : Is 26:12; 45:11; Eph 2:10
  41. Isaiah 29:23 : Is 5:16; 8:13
  42. Isaiah 29:24 : Is 30:21; Heb 5:2
  43. Isaiah 29:24 : Is 41:20; 60:16
  44. Isaiah 29:24 : Is 54:13

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