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CHAP. XXIX
1. ‖ 1.1 WO to Ariel a 1.2, to Ariel ‖ 1.3 the city where David dwelt b 1.4: add ye year to year; let them † 1.5 kill sacrifices c 1.6.
2. Yet d 1.7 I will distress Ariel e 1.8, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow, and it shall be unto me as Ariel f 1.9.
3. And I will camp against thee ‖ 1.10 round a∣bout, and will lay siege against thee g 1.11 ‖ 1.12 with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
4. And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust h 1.13, and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit out of the ground z 1.14, and thy speech shall † 1.15 whisper out of the dust.
5. Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers a 1.16 shall be like small dust b 1.17, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be * 1.18 as chaff that passeth away: yea it shall be c 1.19 at * 1.20 an instant suddenly.* 1.21
6. Thou d 1.22 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 e 1.23.
7. And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her, and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision f 1.24.
8. It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty g 1.25: 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 h 1.26.
9. Stay your selves and wonder i 1.27, ‖ 1.28 cry ye out, and cry k 1.29: they are drunken, but not with wine l 1.30; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
10. For * 1.31 the LORD hath poured out upon you m 1.32 the spirit of dead sleep n 1.33, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your † 1.34 rulers, the seers o 1.35 hath he covered p 1.36.
11. And the vision of all q 1.37 is become unto you, as the words of a ‖ 1.38 book that is sealed r 1.39, which men deliver to one that is learned, say∣ing,