WOE TO JERUSALEM

29 Woe to Ariel,* Ariel,

the city where David camped!b

Continue year after year;

let the festivals recur.

2 I will oppress Ariel,

and there will be mourning and crying,

and she will be to me like an Ariel.

3 I will camp in a circle around you;

I will besiege you with earth ramps,

and I will set up my siege towers against you.

4 You will be brought down;

you will speak from the ground,

and your words will come from low in the dust.

Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;c

your speech will whisper from the dust.

5 Your many foesB will be like fine dust,d

and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.

Then suddenly, in an instant,e