7 And as a dream, a vision of the night, shall the multitude of all the nations be, that are arrayed against Ariel, even all that are arrayed against her and her fortress, and distress her.
8 And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold, he eateth ; and he awaketh, and his SOul is empty; and as a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, he drinketh; and he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, and his soul craveth; so shall all the multitude of the nations be, that are arrayed against mount Zion.
1. ‘ ’ i.e. prob. ‘lion of ’ or ‘(altar) hearth of ’
2. ‘there shall be moaning and ’ (Cheyne). Heb. words are from same root.
3. ‘round ’: lit. ‘like a ’: differs from ‘like ’ only by
5. ‘multitude’: word sometimes rendered ‘uproar.’
9 Astonish yourselves, and be astonished; blind yourselves, and be blind: they are drunken, and not with wine; they reel, and not with strong drink.
10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and bath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.
11 And the vision of it all is become unto you as the words of the sealed writing, which they give ’ to one that knoweth writing, saying, Read this, pray: and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed.
12 And the writing is given unto one that knoweth not writing, saying, Read this, pray; and he saith, I know not writing.
13 And the Lord said, F orasmuch as this people draweth near, honoureth me with its mouth and with its lips; and hath removed its heart away from me; and their fear of me is a precept of men, that is taught:
14 Therefore, behold, I am he that will again deal wonderquy with this people, wonderfully and a wonder; and the wisdom of its wise men shall perish, andthe discernment of its discerning men shall hide itself.
15 Ah, they that go deep from the Lord to hide counsel and their-works are in darkness, and they say, Who seeth us? and Who knoweth us?
16 The perverseness of you! shall the potter be reckoned as clay? that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not! and the thing formed of him that formed it, ’ discerneth not!
17 Is it not yet but a very little while, and Lebanon shall turn to garden-land, and the garden-land be reckoned as a forest?
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a writing, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of gloom and out of darkness.
19 And the meek shall add to their. joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is at an end, and all is overylwith the scoffer, and that watched for iniquity are cut off .
21 That make a man offend by a word, and lay a snare for him that convinceth in the gate; and turn aside the righteous with emptiness.
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the house of Jacob, he that redeemed Abraham 3 Not now shall Jacob be ashamed, neither shall his face now be pale.
23 For when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall count my name holy, and countholy the Holy One of Jacob, and fear the God of Israel.
24 And they that err in spirit shall learn discernment, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.
XXX. 1 Ah, the rebellious sons, saith the LORD, that take counsel, and not of me ; and weave a web, and not with my spirit, that they may add sin to sin
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the stronghold of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.