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Isaiah 29

24 aligned verses; 24 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Ho Ariel , Ariel, the city where David encamped ! add you year to year ; let the feasts come round:
Woe to you , O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped ! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be to me as Ariel .
And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
I will encamp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against you.
I will camp in a circle around you ; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
You shall be brought down , and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust ; and your voice shall be as of one who has a familiar spirit , out of the ground , and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
You will be brought low , you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground ; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the awesome ones as chaff that passes away: yes , it shall be in an instant suddenly.
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff . Then suddenly , in an instant ,
She shall be visited of Yahweh of Hosts with thunder , and with earthquake , and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest , and the flame of a devouring fire.
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel , even all who fight against her and her stronghold , and who distress her , shall be as a dream, a vision of the night .
All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her will be like a dream, like a vision in the night ,
It shall be as when a hungry man dreams , and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams , and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint , and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking , then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
Stay you and wonder ; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken , but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Stop and be astonished ; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk , but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep , and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers , has he covered .
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep . He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
All vision is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this , I pray you; and he says , I can't , for it is sealed :
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say , I cannot , because it is sealed .”
and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this , I pray you; and he says , I am not learned .
Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say , I cannot read .
The Lord said , Because this people draw near [ to me ], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me , but have removed their heart far from me , and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught [them];
Therefore the Lord said : “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me . Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
therefore , behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people , even a marvelous work and a wonder ; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish , and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid .
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish , and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden .
Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us ? and who knows us ?
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, Who sees us , and who will know ?
You turn things upside down ! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay ; that the thing made should say of him who made it, He didn't make me ; or the thing formed say of him who formed it , He has no understanding?
You have turned things upside down , as if the potter were regarded as clay . Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, He did not make me ”? Can the pottery say of the potter , He has no understanding ?
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?
In a very short time , will not Lebanon become an orchard , and the orchard seem like a forest?
In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book , and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness .
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll , and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
The humble also shall increase their joy in Yahweh , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD , and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
For the terrible one is brought to nothing , and the scoffer ceases , and all those who watch for iniquity are cut off;
For the ruthless will vanish , the mockers will disappear , and all who look for evil will be cut down—
that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing .
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice .
Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham , concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed , neither shall his face now wax pale.
Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name ; yes , they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
For when he sees his children around him , the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
They also who err in spirit shall come to understanding, and those who murmur shall receive instruction.
Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.

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