Isaiah 29:1-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

29 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the city which David took: year is added to year: the solemnities are at an end.

² And I will make a trench about Ariel, and it shall be in sorrow and mourning, and it shall be to me as Ariel.

³ And I will make a circle round about thee, and will cast up a rampart against thee, and raise up bulwarks to besiege thee.

⁴ Thou shalt be brought down, thou shalt speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the ground thy speech shall mutter.

⁵ And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee.

⁶ And it shall be at an instant suddenly. A visitation shall come from the Lord of hosts in thunder, and with earthquake, and with a great noise of whirlwind and tempest, and with the flame of devouring fire.

⁷ And the multitude of all nations that have fought against Ariel, shall be as the dream of a vision by night, and all that have fought, and besieged and prevailed against it.

⁸ And as he that is hungry dreameth, and eateth, but when he is awake, his soul is empty: and as he that is thirsty dreameth, and drinketh, and after he is awake, is yet faint with thirst, and his soul is empty: so shall be the multitude of all the Gentiles, that have fought against mount Sion.