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Isaiah 29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to Jerusalem
29 Woe to Ariel,[a] Ariel,
the city where David camped!(A)
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.[b]
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;(B)
your speech will whisper from the dust.
5 Your many foes[c] will be like fine dust,(C)
and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.
Then suddenly, in an instant,(D)
6 you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.(E)
7 All the many nations(F)
going out to battle against Ariel—
all the attackers, the siege works against her,
and those who oppress her—
will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.(G)
8 It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,
then wakes and is still hungry;
and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,
then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.
So it will be for all the many nations
who go to battle against Mount Zion.
9 Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,[d] but not with wine;
they stagger,[e] but not with beer.(H)
10 For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to[f] sleep;(I)
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.(J)
11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(K) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[g] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[h] he will say, “I can’t read.”
13 The Lord said:
Because these people approach Me with their mouths(L)
to honor Me with lip-service[i]—
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—
14 therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.(M)
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,(N)
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
15 Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.(O)
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(P)
16 You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?(Q)
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?
17 Isn’t it true that in just a little while
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?(R)
18 On that day the deaf will hear(S)
the words of a document,
and out of a deep darkness
the eyes of the blind will see.
19 The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice(T)
in the Holy One of Israel.(U)
20 For the ruthless one will vanish,
the scorner will disappear,(V)
and all those who lie in wait with evil intent
will be killed—
21 those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.(W)
22 Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham(X) says this about the house of Jacob:
Jacob will no longer be ashamed
and his face will no longer be pale.
23 For when he sees his children,
the work of My hands within his nation,
they will honor My name,
they will honor the Holy One of Jacob(Y)
and stand in awe of the God of Israel.(Z)
24 Those who are confused will gain understanding,
and those who grumble will accept instruction.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:1 Or Altar Hearth, or Lion of God; Hb obscure
- Isaiah 29:2 Or Altar Hearth, or Lion of God; Hb obscure
- Isaiah 29:5 Lit foreigners
- Isaiah 29:9 LXX, Tg, Vg read Be drunk
- Isaiah 29:9 Tg, Vg read wine; stagger
- Isaiah 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
- Isaiah 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
- Isaiah 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”
- Isaiah 29:13 Lit their mouth and honor Me with its lips
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
耶路撒冷被圍
29 耶和華說：「亞利伊勒[a]，亞利伊勒，
大衛安營的城啊！
你有禍了！
儘管你年復一年地守節期，
2 我還是要叫你受苦。
你必悲傷哀號，
在我面前成為一座祭壇。
3 我必把你團團圍住，
屯兵圍困你，
修築高臺攻打你。
4 你必一敗塗地，
躺在塵土中說話，
你細微的聲音從土中傳來，
好像地下幽靈的聲音。
你耳語般的低聲從土中傳來。
5 但你的眾仇敵必像纖細的塵埃一樣消散，
眾多的殘暴之徒必如被風颳去的糠秕。
突然，刹那之間，
6 萬軍之耶和華必帶著雷轟、地震、巨響、旋風、暴風和烈火來臨。
7 攻打、圍困耶路撒冷及其堡壘的各國軍隊必如夢幻，
如夜間的異象一樣消失。
8 他們好像饑餓的人夢中吃飯，
醒來仍然饑餓；
像口渴的人夢中喝水，
醒來仍然渴得發昏。
攻打錫安山的各國軍隊結局都必如此。」
9 你們駐足驚奇吧！
你們自我蒙蔽，繼續瞎眼吧！
你們醉了，但不是因為酒；
你們東倒西歪，但不是因為烈酒。
10 因為耶和華把沉睡的靈傾倒在你們身上，
祂封住你們的眼睛，
蓋住你們的頭。
你們的眼睛就是先知，
你們的頭就是先見。
11 對你們而言，所有的啟示都好像封了印的書卷。你們把書卷交給識字的人讀，他會說：「我不能讀，這書卷是封著的。」 12 你們把書卷交給不識字的人讀，他會說：「我不識字。」
13 主說：「這些人嘴上親近我，
尊崇我，心卻遠離我。
他們敬拜我不過是遵行人定的規條。
14 所以，我要再次行奇妙無比的事，使他們震驚。
他們智者的智慧必泯滅，
明哲的聰明必消失。」
15 那些向耶和華深藏計謀的人有禍了！
他們暗中行事，
自以為無人看見也無人知道。
16 他們太愚蠢了！
窯匠怎能跟泥土相提並論？
被造的怎能對造它的說：
「你沒有造我」？
陶器怎能對陶匠說：
「你什麼也不懂」？
17 再過不久，黎巴嫩將變成沃野，
沃野上莊稼茂密如林。
18 那時，聾子必聽見那書卷上的話，
黑暗中的瞎子必能看見。
19 卑微的人必因耶和華而歡喜，
貧窮的人必因以色列的聖者而快樂。
20 殘暴之徒必消失，
嘲諷者必絕跡，
所有心懷不軌者必被剷除。
21 他們誣陷人，
暗算審判官，
冤枉無辜。
22 因此，關於雅各家，
救贖亞伯拉罕的耶和華說：
「雅各的子孫必不再羞愧，
臉上再無懼色。
23 因為他們看見我賜給他們的子孫時，
必尊我的名為聖，
必尊雅各的聖者為聖，
必敬畏以色列的上帝。
24 心裡迷惘的必明白真理，
發怨言的必欣然受教。」
Footnotes
- 29·1 「亞利伊勒」在此處用來指錫安/耶路撒冷，2節、7節同。
Isaiah 29
New International Version
Isaiah 29
New International Version
Woe to David’s City
29 Woe(A) to you, Ariel, Ariel,(B)
the city(C) where David settled!
Add year to year
and let your cycle of festivals(D) go on.
2 Yet I will besiege Ariel;(E)
she will mourn and lament,(F)
she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a](G)
3 I will encamp against you on all sides;
I will encircle(H) you with towers
and set up my siege works(I) against you.
4 Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
your speech will mumble(J) out of the dust.(K)
Your voice will come ghostlike(L) from the earth;
out of the dust your speech will whisper.(M)
5 But your many enemies will become like fine dust,(N)
the ruthless(O) hordes like blown chaff.(P)
Suddenly,(Q) in an instant,
6 the Lord Almighty will come(R)
with thunder(S) and earthquake(T) and great noise,
with windstorm and tempest(U) and flames of a devouring fire.(V)
7 Then the hordes of all the nations(W) that fight against Ariel,(X)
that attack her and her fortress and besiege her,
will be as it is with a dream,(Y)
with a vision in the night—
8 as when a hungry person dreams of eating,
but awakens(Z) hungry still;
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens faint and thirsty still.(AA)
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.(AB)
9 Be stunned and amazed,(AC)
blind yourselves and be sightless;(AD)
be drunk,(AE) but not from wine,(AF)
stagger,(AG) but not from beer.
10 The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:(AH)
He has sealed your eyes(AI) (the prophets);(AJ)
he has covered your heads (the seers).(AK)
11 For you this whole vision(AL) is nothing but words sealed(AM) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”
13 The Lord says:
“These people(AN) come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,(AO)
but their hearts are far from me.(AP)
Their worship of me
is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[b](AQ)
14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;(AR)
the wisdom of the wise(AS) will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.(AT)”
15 Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide(AU) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us?(AV) Who will know?”(AW)
16 You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(AX)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(AY) it,
“You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(AZ)
“You know nothing”?(BA)
17 In a very short time,(BB) will not Lebanon(BC) be turned into a fertile field(BD)
and the fertile field seem like a forest?(BE)
18 In that day(BF) the deaf(BG) will hear the words of the scroll,
and out of gloom and darkness(BH)
the eyes of the blind will see.(BI)
19 Once more the humble(BJ) will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy(BK) will rejoice in the Holy One(BL) of Israel.
20 The ruthless(BM) will vanish,(BN)
the mockers(BO) will disappear,
and all who have an eye for evil(BP) will be cut down—
21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
who ensnare the defender in court(BQ)
and with false testimony(BR) deprive the innocent of justice.(BS)
22 Therefore this is what the Lord, who redeemed(BT) Abraham,(BU) says to the descendants of Jacob:
“No longer will Jacob be ashamed;(BV)
no longer will their faces grow pale.(BW)
23 When they see among them their children,(BX)
the work of my hands,(BY)
they will keep my name holy;(BZ)
they will acknowledge the holiness of the Holy One(CA) of Jacob,
and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
24 Those who are wayward(CB) in spirit will gain understanding;(CC)
those who complain will accept instruction.”(CD)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:2 The Hebrew for altar hearth sounds like the Hebrew for Ariel.
- Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules
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