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The Siege of Jerusalem

29 Woe to Ariel, Ariel,
    the city where David encamped!
Add year to year;
    let the festivals run their round.(A)
Yet I will oppress Ariel,
    and there shall be moaning and lamentation,
    and you[a] shall be to me like an Ariel.[b](B)
And like David[c] I will encamp against you;
    I will besiege you with towers
    and raise siegeworks against you.(C)
Then deep from the earth you shall speak;
    from low in the dust your words shall come;
your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost,
    and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 29.2 Cn Compare Q ms: MT she
  2. 29.2 That is, altar hearth
  3. 29.3 Heb mss Gk: MT like a circle

Woe to Jerusalem

29 Woe to Ariel,[a] Ariel,
the city where David camped!(A)
Continue year after year;
let the festivals recur.
I will oppress Ariel,
and there will be mourning and crying,
and she will be to me like an Ariel.
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.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:1 Or Altar Hearth, or Lion of God; Hb obscure, also in v. 2