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Isaiah 29
American Standard Version
Isaiah 29
American Standard Version
29 [a]Ho [b]Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round: 2 then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; [c]and she shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works 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; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall [d]whisper out of the dust.
5 But the multitude of thy [e]foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly. 6 [f]She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. 7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night. 8 And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: 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.
9 [g]Tarry ye and wonder; [h]take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed [i]your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered. 11 And all vision is become unto you as the words of a [j]book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that [k]is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed: 12 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.
13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been [l]taught them; 14 therefore, behold, I will [m]proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16 [n]Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of [o]the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off; 21 that [p]make a man an offender [q]in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
22 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. 23 [r]But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 They also that err in spirit [s]shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:1 Or, Woe to
- Isaiah 29:1 That is, The lion of God. Or, The hearth of God.
- Isaiah 29:2 Or, yet
- Isaiah 29:4 Or, chirp
- Isaiah 29:5 Hebrew strangers.
- Isaiah 29:6 Or, There shall be a visitation from Jehovah etc.
- Isaiah 29:9 Or, Be ye amazed
- Isaiah 29:9 Or, blind yourselves and be blind
- Isaiah 29:10 Or, your eyes; the prophets, and etc.
- Isaiah 29:11 Or, writing
- Isaiah 29:11 Hebrew knoweth writing (or, letters).
- Isaiah 29:13 Or, learned by rote
- Isaiah 29:14 Or, again do. Hebrew add to do.
- Isaiah 29:16 Or, Oh your perversity!
- Isaiah 29:18 Or, a book (or, writing)
- Isaiah 29:21 Or, make men to offend by their words
- Isaiah 29:21 Or, for a word
- Isaiah 29:23 Or, But when his children see etc.
- Isaiah 29:24 Hebrew shall know understanding.
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
以賽亞書 29
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Traditional)
預言耶路撒冷必遭重災
29 「唉，亞利伊勒，亞利伊勒，大衛安營的城！任憑你年上加年，節期照常周流， 2 我終必使亞利伊勒困難，她必悲傷哀號，我卻仍以她為亞利伊勒。 3 我必四圍安營攻擊你，屯兵圍困你，築壘攻擊你。 4 你必敗落，從地中說話，你的言語必微細出於塵埃。你的聲音必像那交鬼者的聲音出於地，你的言語低低微微出於塵埃。
5 「你仇敵的群眾卻要像細塵，強暴人的群眾也要像飛糠。這事必頃刻之間，忽然臨到。 6 萬軍之耶和華必用雷轟、地震、大聲、旋風、暴風並吞滅的火焰，向她討罪。 7 那時，攻擊亞利伊勒列國的群眾，就是一切攻擊亞利伊勒和她的保障並使她困難的，必如夢景，如夜間的異象。 8 又必像飢餓的人，夢中吃飯，醒了仍覺腹空；或像口渴的人，夢中喝水，醒了仍覺發昏，心裡想喝。攻擊錫安山列國的群眾，也必如此。」
責民昏蒙
9 你們等候驚奇吧！你們宴樂昏迷吧！他們醉了，卻非因酒；他們東倒西歪，卻非因濃酒。 10 因為耶和華將沉睡的靈澆灌你們，封閉你們的眼，蒙蓋你們的頭。你們的眼就是先知，你們的頭就是先見。 11 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷。人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧。」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」 12 又將這書卷交給不識字的人，說：「請念吧。」他說：「我不識字。」
責民偽善
13 主說：「因為這百姓親近我，用嘴唇尊敬我，心卻遠離我。他們敬畏我，不過是領受人的吩咐。 14 所以，我在這百姓中要行奇妙的事，就是奇妙又奇妙的事。他們智慧人的智慧必然消滅，聰明人的聰明必然隱藏。」
15 禍哉！那些向耶和華深藏謀略的，又在暗中行事，說：「誰看見我們呢？誰知道我們呢？」 16 你們把事顛倒了！豈可看窯匠如泥嗎？被製作的物豈可論製作物的說「他沒有製作我」？或是被創造的物論造物的說「他沒有聰明」？
謙卑者必因耶和華歡喜
17 黎巴嫩變為肥田，肥田看如樹林，不是只有一點點時候嗎？ 18 那時，聾子必聽見這書上的話，瞎子的眼必從迷蒙黑暗中得以看見。 19 謙卑人必因耶和華增添歡喜，人間貧窮的必因以色列的聖者快樂。 20 因為強暴人已歸無有，褻慢人已經滅絕，一切找機會作孽的都被剪除。 21 他們在爭訟的事上定無罪的為有罪，為城門口責備人的設下網羅，用虛無的事屈枉義人。
22 所以，救贖亞伯拉罕的耶和華論雅各家如此說：「雅各必不再羞愧，面容也不致變色。 23 但他看見他的眾子，就是我手的工作，在他那裡，他們必尊我的名為聖，必尊雅各的聖者為聖，必敬畏以色列的神。 24 心中迷糊的必得明白，發怨言的必受訓誨。」
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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