耶路撒冷被围

29 耶和华说:“亚利伊勒[a],亚利伊勒,
大卫安营的城啊!
你有祸了!
尽管你年复一年地守节期,
我还是要叫你受苦。
你必悲伤哀号,
在我面前成为一座祭坛。
我必把你团团围住,
屯兵围困你,
修筑高台攻打你。
你必一败涂地,
躺在尘土中说话,
你细微的声音从土中传来,
好像地下幽灵的声音。
你耳语般的低声从土中传来。
但你的众仇敌必像纤细的尘埃一样消散,
众多的残暴之徒必如被风刮去的糠秕。
突然,刹那之间,
万军之耶和华必带着雷轰、地震、巨响、旋风、暴风和烈火来临。
攻打、围困耶路撒冷及其堡垒的各国军队必如梦幻,
如夜间的异象一样消失。
他们好像饥饿的人梦中吃饭,
醒来仍然饥饿;
像口渴的人梦中喝水,
醒来仍然渴得发昏。
攻打锡安山的各国军队结局都必如此。”
你们驻足惊奇吧!
你们自我蒙蔽,继续瞎眼吧!
你们醉了,但不是因为酒;
你们东倒西歪,但不是因为烈酒。
10 因为耶和华把沉睡的灵倾倒在你们身上,
祂封住你们的眼睛,
盖住你们的头。
你们的眼睛就是先知,
你们的头就是先见。

11 对你们而言,所有的启示都好像封了印的书卷。你们把书卷交给识字的人读,他会说:“我不能读,这书卷是封着的。” 12 你们把书卷交给不识字的人读,他会说:“我不识字。”

13 主说:“这些人嘴上亲近我,
尊崇我,心却远离我。
他们敬拜我不过是遵行人定的规条。
14 所以,我要再次行奇妙无比的事,使他们震惊。
他们智者的智慧必泯灭,
明哲的聪明必消失。”
15 那些向耶和华深藏计谋的人有祸了!
他们暗中行事,
自以为无人看见也无人知道。
16 他们太愚蠢了!
窑匠怎能跟泥土相提并论?
被造的怎能对造它的说:
“你没有造我”?
陶器怎能对陶匠说:
“你什么也不懂”?

17 再过不久,黎巴嫩将变成沃野,
沃野上庄稼茂密如林。
18 那时,聋子必听见那书卷上的话,
黑暗中的瞎子必能看见。
19 卑微的人必因耶和华而欢喜,
贫穷的人必因以色列的圣者而快乐。
20 残暴之徒必消失,
嘲讽者必绝迹,
所有心怀不轨者必被铲除。
21 他们诬陷人,
暗算审判官,
冤枉无辜。
22 因此,关于雅各家,
救赎亚伯拉罕的耶和华说:
“雅各的子孙必不再羞愧,
脸上再无惧色。
23 因为他们看见我赐给他们的子孙时,
必尊我的名为圣,
必尊雅各的圣者为圣,
必敬畏以色列的上帝。
24 心里迷惘的必明白真理,
发怨言的必欣然受教。”

Footnotes

  1. 29:1 亚利伊勒”在此处用来指锡安/耶路撒冷,2节、7节同。

Woe to Ariel

29 Woe, O [a]Ariel, [b]Ariel the city where David once (A)camped!
Add year to year, [c](B)observe your feasts on schedule.
I will bring distress to [d]Ariel,
And she will be a city of mourning and (C)moaning;
And she will be like an Ariel to me.
And I will (D)camp against you [e]encircling you,
And I will fortify siegeworks against you,
And I will raise up fortifications against you.
Then you will (E)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 [f]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

But it will be that the multitude of your [g]enemies will become like fine (F)dust,
And the multitude of the (G)ruthless ones like the chaff which [h]blows away;
And it will happen (H)instantly, suddenly.
From Yahweh of hosts you will be (I)punished with (J)thunder and earthquake and loud noise,
With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
And it will be that the (K)multitude of all the nations who wage war against [i]Ariel,
Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her,
Will be like a dream, a (L)vision of the night.
And it will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But he awakens, and his soul is empty,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But he awakens, and behold, he is faint,
And his soul is not quenched.
(M)Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

(N)Astonish yourselves and be astonished,
Blind yourselves and be blind;
They (O)become drunk, but not with wine;
They stagger, but not with strong drink.
10 For Yahweh has poured over you a spirit of deep (P)sleep;
He has (Q)shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

11 The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed [j](R)book, which when they give it to the one who [k]is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 Then the [l]book will be given to the one who [m]does not know how to read a book, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I [n]do not know how to read a book.”

13 Then the Lord said,

“Because (S)this people draw near with their mouth
And honor Me with their lips,
But they remove their hearts far from Me,
And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,
14 Therefore behold, I will once again deal (T)marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;
And (U)the wisdom of their wise men will perish,
And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.”

15 Woe to those who deeply (V)hide their counsel from Yahweh,
And whose (W)deeds are done in a dark place,
And they say, “(X)Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
16 You turn things around!
Shall the potter be considered [o]as equal with the clay,
That (Y)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”?

The Afflicted Will Rejoice

17 Is it not yet just a little while
[p]Before Lebanon will be turned into a (Z)fruitful orchard,
And the fruitful orchard will be counted as a forest?
18 On that day the (AA)deaf will hear (AB)words of a book,
And out of [q]darkness and thick darkness the (AC)eyes of the blind will see.
19 The (AD)afflicted also will increase their gladness in Yahweh,
And the (AE)needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the (AF)ruthless will come to an end and the (AG)scoffer will be finished,
Indeed (AH)all who are watching out to do evil will be cut off;
21 Who [r]cause a person to sin by a word,
And (AI)ensnare him who reproves at the gate,
And [s](AJ)defraud the one in the right with [t]meaningless arguments.

22 Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed (AK)Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob (AL)shall not now be ashamed, and now his face shall not turn pale;
23 But when [u]he sees his (AM)children, the (AN)work of My hands, in his midst,
They will sanctify My name;
Indeed, they will (AO)sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
And will stand trembling before the God of Israel.
24 Those who (AP)err in spirit will (AQ)know discernment,
And those who [v]criticize will [w](AR)gain learning.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:1 Lion of God, lion of Jerusalem
  2. Isaiah 29:1 Lion of God, lion of Jerusalem
  3. Isaiah 29:1 Lit let your feasts run their round
  4. Isaiah 29:2 See v 1, note 1
  5. Isaiah 29:3 Lit like a circle
  6. Isaiah 29:4 Or ghost
  7. Isaiah 29:5 Lit strangers
  8. Isaiah 29:5 Lit passes away
  9. Isaiah 29:7 v 1, note 1
  10. Isaiah 29:11 Or scroll
  11. Isaiah 29:11 Lit knows books
  12. Isaiah 29:12 Or scroll
  13. Isaiah 29:12 Lit does not know books
  14. Isaiah 29:12 Lit do not know books
  15. Isaiah 29:16 Lit like
  16. Isaiah 29:17 Lit And
  17. Isaiah 29:18 Lit thick darkness and darkness, cf. 8:22; 9:2
  18. Isaiah 29:21 Lit bring a person under condemnation
  19. Isaiah 29:21 Lit turn aside
  20. Isaiah 29:21 Lit confusion
  21. Isaiah 29:23 Or his children see
  22. Isaiah 29:24 Lit murmur
  23. Isaiah 29:24 Lit learn