Isaiah 29
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Enemies |
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Woe to A'ri-el, to A'ri-el, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill
sacrifices.
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Yet I will distress A'ri-el, and there
shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as
A'ri-el.
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And I will camp against thee round about,
and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts
against thee.
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And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be
low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a
familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out
of the dust.
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Moreover the multitude of thy strangers
shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an
instant suddenly.
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Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and
great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring
fire.
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And the multitude of all the nations that
fight against A'ri-el, even all that fight against her and her
munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night
vision.
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It shall even be as when a hungry man
dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is
empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh;
but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath
appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight
against mount Zion.
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The Blindness and
Hypocrisy of Israel |
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Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye
out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but
not with strong drink.
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For the LORD hath
poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your
eyes: Rom. 11.8 the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he
covered.
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And the vision of all is become unto you
as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to
one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I
cannot; for it is sealed:
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and the book is delivered to him that is
not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not
learned.
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Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as
this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their
lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, Mt.
15.8, 9 · Mk. 7.6, 7 and
their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a
marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a
wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and
the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 1 Cor.
1.19
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide
their counsel from the LORD, and their works
are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth
us?
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Surely your turning of things upside down
shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of
him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of
him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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The Redemption of
Israel |
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Is it not yet a very little
while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the
fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
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And in that day shall the deaf hear the
words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of
obscurity, and out of darkness.
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall
rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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For the terrible one is brought to
nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity
are cut off:
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that make a man an offender for a word,
and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside
the just for a thing of nought.
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of
Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now
wax pale.
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But when he seeth his children, the work
of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of
Israel.
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They also that erred in spirit shall come
to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn
doctrine.
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