1 W o Ariel, Ariel, The city of the encampment of David! Add year to year, let festivals go round.

Woe, O Ariel, Ariel the city where David once camped! Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule.

2 A nd I have sent distress to Ariel, And it hath been lamentation and mourning, And it hath been to me as Ariel.

I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of lamenting and mourning; And she will be like an Ariel to me.

3 A nd I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

I will camp against you encircling you, And I will set siegeworks against you, And I will raise up battle towers against you.

4 A nd thou hast been low, From the earth thou speakest, And from the dust makest thy saying low, And thy voice hath been from the earth, As one having a familiar spirit, And from the dust thy saying whisperest,

Then you will 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 spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust.

5 A nd as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant -- suddenly.

But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it will happen instantly, suddenly.

6 B y Jehovah of Hosts thou art inspected, With thunder, and with an earthquake, And great noise, hurricane, and whirlwind, And flame of devouring fire.

From the Lord of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

7 A nd as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.

And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

8 A nd it hath been, as when the hungry dreameth, And lo, he is eating, And he hath waked, and empty his soul, And as when the thirsty dreameth, And lo, he is drinking, and he hath waked, And lo, he is weary, and his soul is longing, So is the multitude of all the nations Who are warring against mount Zion.

It will be as when a hungry man dreams— And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty man dreams— And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his thirst is not quenched. Thus the multitude of all the nations will be Who wage war against Mount Zion.

9 T arry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

Be delayed and wait, Blind yourselves and be blind; They become drunk, but not with wine, They stagger, but not with strong drink.

10 F or poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep, He has shut your eyes, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, the seers.

11 A nd the vision of the whole is to you, As words of the sealed book, That they give unto one knowing books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I am not able, for it sealed;'

The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

12 A nd the book is given to him who hath not known books, Saying, `Read this, we pray thee,' And he hath said, `I have not known books.'

Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I cannot read.”

13 A nd the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is -- A precept of men is taught!

Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote,

14 T herefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.'

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed.”

15 W o those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the Lord, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “ Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

16 Y our perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'

You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That 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 I s it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?

Is it not yet just a little while Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

18 A nd heard in that day have the deaf the words of a book, And out of thick darkness, and out of darkness, The eyes of the blind do see.

On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

19 A nd the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.

The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

20 F or ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,

For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

21 C ausing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.

22 T herefore, thus said Jehovah, Who ransomed Abraham, Concerning the house of Jacob: `Not now ashamed is Jacob, Nor now doth his face become pale,

Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale;

23 F or in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And the God of Israel they declare fearful.

But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

24 A nd the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!'

“Those who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept instruction.