Isaiah 29:1-24 Distress for Ariel, the City Where David Dwelt

Distress for Ariel, the City Where David Dwelt

Isaiah 29:1-24                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Woe, [a.k.a. Distress,] to Ariel, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.]. To Ariel, the city where David [lived!] Let them [continue to] kill [sacrificial] [animals,] year [by] year. [Still,] I will distress Ariel, & there shall be [heavy] [hearts,] & sorrow. And it shall be [similar] to Me [like] Ariel.

And I will [surround around] you, & camp against you. I will [wage war] against you with [an embankment,] & I will raise forts against you. And you [shall] be brought down, & [shall] speak out of the ground.

Your [voice] shall be low, [muffled like a] whisper, out of the dust, [a.k.a. dirt,] & your voice shall be, [like someone, who has] a familiar spirit, [a.k.a. someone who contacts the dead.]

[Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have a familiar spirits, & to wizards that [whisper,] & mutter, shouldn't a people seek to their God? For the Living, [not] to the dead?]

[Also,] the multitude of your strangers, [a.k.a. foreigners,] shall be like [fine] dust, & the multitude of the terrible, [a.k.a. ruthless,] ones shall be [like stubble,] that [passes] away. [Yes,] it shall be suddenly, [in] an instant. [Hosea 13:2-4 And now they sin [even] more & more, & have made [themselves molded] images [from] their silver, & idols according to their own [skill.] All of it [is] the work of craftsmen. They say [to] them, Let the men, [who] sacrifice, kiss the [gold] calves. Therefore, they shall be [like] the morning cloud, & the early dew that [passes] away. [Like] the chaff, [a.k.a. grain hulls,] that [are blown] [away] out of the [threshing] floor [by] the whirlwind, & [like] smoke [drifts away] out of the chimney. [Still,] I Am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt, & you [shall] know no god, but Me. For there is no [Savior] beside Me.]

You [shall] be visited, [a.k.a. punished,] by the Lord of Hosts with: thunder, an earthquake, [loud] noise, storm, tempest, & the flame of devouring fire. [Isaiah 30:30 And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard, & shall [sling] the lightning [bolts] down [from] His arm, with the indignation of His anger, & with the flame of a devouring fire, tempest, [a.k.a. severe storm,] & scattering, & hailstones.]

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her, & her [armory of] [weapons,] & [who] distress her, shall be [like] a vision [in] a dream [at] night. It shall even be [like] when [a] hungry man [dreams] [that] he [eats,] but [when] he [wakes up,] his [stomach] is empty.

Or [like] when a thirsty man [dreams] [that] he [drinks;] but [when] he [wakes up,] he is faint, & his [stomach] [still] [has an] appetite. So shall the multitude of the nations be, [who] fight against Mount Zion. [Stop] yourselves, & wonder. You cry out, & [weep.]

They are [drunk,] but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink. [Isaiah 5:22-23 Woe, [a.k.a. Distress] to [those who] are mighty to drink wine, & men of strength to [mix] strong [drinks.] Who justify the wicked for reward, [a.k.a. bribes,] & take away the [rights] of the righteous away from him!]

For the Lord [has] poured out the spirit of deep sleep upon you, & [has] closed your eyes. He [has] covered [the eyes of:] the prophets, your rulers, & the seers. [Isaiah 6:9-10 *And He said, Go, & tell this people, You indeed hear, but [don't] understand. You indeed see, but don't [recognize.]

*Make the heart of this people fat, & make their ears heavy, & shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, & hear with their ears, & understand with their heart, & convert & be healed.]

And the vision of all [has] become to you, [like] the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to [someone, who is educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this. And he [says,] I can't; [because] it's sealed. And the book is delivered to him, [who isn't educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this, & he says, I'm not [educated.]

*[For this reason,] the Lord said, [Since] this people draw near Me with their mouth, & [honor] Me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from Me, & their fear, [a.k.a. respect,] toward Me is taught by the precept, [a.k.a. commandment,] of men.

Therefore, [watch,] I will proceed to do a [marvelous] work, among this people. Even a marvelous work & a wonder, [a.k.a. miracle:] for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, & the understanding of their [sensible] men shall be [hidden.]

[Distress] to [those who search] deep to hide their [advice] from the Lord, & their works, [a.k.a. deeds,] are [hidden] in the dark, & they say, Who [sees] us? And Who [knows] us? Surely, your turning things [topsy-turvy,] shall be [regarded like] the potter's clay. For shall the work say of him, [who] made it, He [didn't make] me?

Or shall the thing framed say of him, [who framed] it, He had no understanding? [Romans 9:20-21 [No,] but who [are] you, O man, who [speaks] against God? Shall the thing formed say to him, [Who] formed it, Why [have] You made Me [like this?] Hasn't the potter power over the same lump of clay, to make one vessel to [honor,] & another to [dishonor?]

Isn't it [still] a very [short time,] [until] Lebanon shall be [returned] into a fruitful, [a.k.a. plentiful,] field, & the fruitful field, shall be [regarded like] a forest? And [on] that day, the deaf shall hear the Words of the Book, & the eyes of the blind shall see, out of [blurriness,] & darkness.

The meek, [a.k.a. humble,] shall also increase their joy in the Lord, & the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [Isaiah 11:4 But He shall judge the poor with righteousness, & [repay] the meek, [a.k.a. humble,] of the earth with equity. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod [from] His mouth, & He shall slay the wicked, with the breath [from] His lips.]

For the [ruthless] one is brought to [nothing,] & the scorner, [a.k.a. a person who looks down on others,] is [devoured.] And all [who] watch for [what is:] [sinful,] are cut off. [Proverbs 14:22 Don't they err, [a.k.a. Go astray, who] devise [what is:] evil? But mercy & truth shall be to [those who] devise good.]

[Who with] a word, make a man an offender. [Deuteronomy 19:18-19 And the judges shall diligently [investigate;] & [see,] if the witness [is] a false witness, & [has] testified falsely against his brother; then you shall do to him, [like] he thought to have done to his brother. [Like this,] you [shall] put the evil away from among you.]

And [those who] lay a [trap] for him [who expresses disapproval,] in the gate, & turns aside the [person who has a] just [case,] for a thing [that is] [nothing.] [Amos 5:11-12 Therefore, [since] your [trampling] is upon the poor, & you take from him burdens, [a.k.a. loads,] of wheat: you have built houses of [cut] stone, but you shall not [live] in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine [from] them. For I know your [multitude] of transgressions, & your mighty sins. They afflict the just, & they take a bribe, & in the gate, they turn aside the poor, from their [rights.]

Therefore, the Lord, Who redeemed Abraham, [says this about] the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] Jacob shall not be ashamed now, & neither shall his face [grow] pale. But when he [sees] his children, the work of [My] hands, in the midst of [Israel,] they shall sanctify My Name, & sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, & shall fear, [a.k.a.respect] the God of Israel. [Philippians 2:5-11 Let [your] [minds within] you, also be [like that] in Christ Jesus, Who [is] in the [image] of God, & thought it not [a crime] to be equal with God. But made Himself of no reputation, [a.k.a. without status,] & was made in the likeness of men, & took upon [Himself] the [image] of a servant. And being found in [the image like] a man, He humbled Himself, & became obedient [until] death, even the death [on] the cross. *[For this reason,] God [has] also highly exalted Him, & [has] given Him a Name [that] is above every Name. That every knee should bow at the Name of Jesus, of things in heaven, & things [on] earth, & things under the earth. *And [so] that every tongue, [a.k.a. language,] should confess to the glory of God the Father, that Jesus Christ Is Lord.]

[Those who] also erred in spirit, shall come to [know] understanding, & [those who grumbled] shall learn doctrine, [a.k.a. teaching.]  [Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus [for] good works, which God [has previously] ordained, that we should walk, [a.k.a. follow,] in them.]