Isaiah 29:2–13

²Yet I will oppress Ariel,

and there shall be moaning and lamentation,

and you^u shall be to me like an Ariel.^v*

³And like David^w I will encamp against you;

I will besiege you with towers

and raise siegeworks against you.^*

⁴Then deep from the earth you shall speak;

from low in the dust your words shall come;

your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,

and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.^*

⁵But the multitude of your arrogant ones^x shall be like fine dust

and the multitude of tyrants like flying chaff.

And in an instant, suddenly,^*

⁶you will be visited by the Lord of hosts

with thunder and earthquake and great noise,

with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire.^*

⁷And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,

all that fight against her and her stronghold and who distress her,

shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.^*

⁸Just as when a hungry person dreams of eating

and wakes up still hungry

or a thirsty person dreams of drinking

and wakes up faint, still thirsty,

so shall the multitude of all the nations be

that fight against Mount Zion.^*

⁹Be astounded and stunned;

blind yourselves and be blind!

Be drunk but not from wine;

stagger but not from strong drink!^*

¹⁰For the Lord has poured out upon you

a spirit of deep sleep;

he has closed your eyes (the prophets)

and covered your heads (the seers).^*

¹¹The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.”^{* 12}And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot read.”

¹³The Lord said:

Because these people draw near with their mouths

and honor me with their lips,

while their hearts are far from me

and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,^*