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1. {God says,} "Look at Ariel, the city where David camped. Keep on having your festivals, year after year.
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1. Woe H1945 to Ariel H740 , to Ariel H740 , the city H7151 where David H1732 dwelt H2583 ! add H5595 ye year H8141 to H5921 year H8141 ; let them kill H5362 sacrifices H2282 .
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2. But I will punish Ariel. The city will be filled with sadness and crying, but it will always be my Ariel.
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2. Yet I will distress H6693 Ariel H740 , and there shall be H1961 heaviness H8386 and sorrow H592 : and it shall be H1961 unto me as Ariel H740 .
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3. "I will put armies all around you, Ariel. I will raise war towers against you.
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3. And I will camp H2583 against H5921 thee round about H1754 , and will lay siege H6696 against H5921 thee with a mount H4674 , and I will raise H6965 forts H4694 against H5921 thee.
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4. You will be pulled to the ground. Your voice will rise from the ground like the voice of a ghost. Your words come like a whisper from the dirt."
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4. And thou shalt be brought down H8213 , and shalt speak H1696 out of the ground H4480 H776 , and thy speech H565 shall be low H7817 out of the dust H4480 H6083 , and thy voice H6963 shall be H1961 , as of one that hath a familiar spirit H178 , out of the ground H4480 H776 , and thy speech H565 shall whisper H6850 out of the dust H4480 H6083 .
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5. There will be so many foreigners that they will be like dust. Cruel people will be like the chaff blowing in the wind. Then suddenly,
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5. Moreover the multitude H1995 of thy strangers H2114 shall be H1961 like small H1851 dust H80 , and the multitude H1995 of the terrible ones H6184 shall be as chaff H4671 that passeth away H5674 : yea , it shall be H1961 at an instant H6621 suddenly H6597 .
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6. the Lord All-Powerful will punish you with earthquakes, thunder, and loud noises. There will be storms, strong winds, and a burning, destructive fire.
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6. Thou shalt be visited H6485 of H4480 H5973 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 with thunder H7482 , and with earthquake H7494 , and great H1419 noise H6963 , with storm H5492 and tempest H5591 , and the flame H3851 of devouring H398 fire H784 .
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7. Many nations will fight against Ariel. It will be a nightmare. Armies will surround Ariel and punish her.
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7. And the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 that fight H6633 against H5921 Ariel H740 , even all H3605 that fight H6633 against her and her munition H4685 , and that distress H6693 her , shall be H1961 as a dream H2472 of a night H3915 vision H2377 .
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8. But it will also be like a dream to those armies. They will not get what they want. It will be like a hungry man dreaming about food. When the man wakes up, he is still hungry. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming about water. When the man wakes up, he is still thirsty. The same thing is true about all the nations fighting against Zion. Those nations will not get what they want.
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8. It shall even be H1961 as when H834 a hungry H7457 man dreameth H2492 , and, behold H2009 , he eateth H398 ; but he awaketh H6974 , and his soul H5315 is empty H7386 : or as when H834 a thirsty man H6771 dreameth H2492 , and, behold H2009 , he drinketh H8354 ; but he awaketh H6974 , and, behold H2009 , he is faint H5889 , and his soul H5315 hath appetite H8264 : so H3651 shall the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be H1961 , that fight H6633 against H5921 mount H2022 Zion H6726 .
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9. Be surprised and amazed! You will become drunk, but not from wine. Look and be amazed! You will stumble and fall, but not from beer.
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9. Stay yourselves H4102 , and wonder H8539 ; cry ye out H8173 , and cry H8173 : they are drunken H7937 , but not H3808 with wine H3196 ; they stagger H5128 , but not H3808 with strong drink H7941 .
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10. The Lord will make you sleepy. He will close your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.) He will cover your heads. (The prophets are your heads.)
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10. For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath poured out H5258 upon H5921 you the spirit H7307 of deep sleep H8639 , and hath closed H6105 H853 your eyes H5869 : H853 the prophets H5030 and your rulers H7218 , the seers H2374 hath he covered H3680 .
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11. To you my words are like the words in a book that is closed and sealed. You can give the book to someone who can read and tell that person to read it. But that person will say, "I cannot read the book. It is closed and I cannot open it."
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11. And the vision H2380 of all H3605 is become H1961 unto you as the words H1697 of a book H5612 that is sealed H2856 , which H834 men deliver H5414 to H413 one that is learned H3045 H5612 , saying H559 , Read H7121 this H2088 , I pray thee H4994 : and he saith H559 , I cannot H3201 H3808 ; for H3588 it H1931 is sealed H2856 :
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12. Or you can give the book to someone who cannot read and tell that person to read it. That person will say, "I cannot read the book because I don't know how to read."
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12. And the book H5612 is delivered H5414 to H5921 him that H834 is not learned H3045 H3808 H5612 , saying H559 , Read H7121 this H2088 , I pray thee H4994 : and he saith H559 , I am not learned H3045 H3808 H5612 .
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13. The Lord says, "These people come to honor me with words from their mouths, but I am not really important to them. The worship they give me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
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13. Wherefore the Lord H136 said H559 , Forasmuch H3282 H3588 as this H2088 people H5971 draw near H5066 me with their mouth H6310 , and with their lips H8193 do honor H3513 me , but have removed their heart far H7368 H3820 from H4480 me , and their fear H3374 toward H854 me is H1961 taught H3925 by the precept H4687 of men H376 :
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14. So I will continue to amaze them by doing powerful and amazing things. Their wise men will lose their wisdom. Even the most intelligent among them will not be able to understand."
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14. Therefore H3651 , behold H2009 , I will proceed H3254 to do a marvelous work H6381 among H854 this H2088 people H5971 , even a marvelous work H6381 and a wonder H6382 : for the wisdom H2451 of their wise H2450 men shall perish H6 , and the understanding H998 of their prudent H995 men shall be hid H5641 .
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15. Look at them! They try to hide things from the Lord. They think he will not understand. They do their evil things in darkness. They tell themselves: "No one can see us. No one will know who we are."
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15. Woe H1945 unto them that seek deep H6009 to hide H5641 their counsel H6098 from the LORD H4480 H3068 , and their works H4639 are H1961 in the dark H4285 , and they say H559 , Who H4310 seeth H7200 us? and who H4310 knoweth H3045 us?
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16. You turn things upside down. You think the clay is equal to the potter. You think that something that is made can tell the one who made it, "You did not make me!" This is like a pot telling its maker, "You don't understand."
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16. Surely H518 your turning of things upside down H2017 shall be esteemed H2803 as the potter H3335 's clay H2563 : for H3588 shall the work H4639 say H559 of him that made H6213 it , He made H6213 me not H3808 ? or shall the thing framed H3336 say H559 of him that framed H3335 it , He had no understanding H995 H3808 ?
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17. This is the truth: After a very short time, Lebanon will become rich farmland, and the farmland will be like thick forests.
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17. Is it not H3808 yet H5750 a very H4213 little while H4592 , and Lebanon H3844 shall be turned H7725 into a fruitful field H3759 , and the fruitful field H3759 shall be esteemed H2803 as a forest H3293 ?
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18. The deaf will hear the words in the book. The blind will see through the darkness and fog.
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18. And in that H1931 day H3117 shall the deaf H2795 hear H8085 the words H1697 of the book H5612 , and the eyes H5869 of the blind H5787 shall see H7200 out of obscurity H4480 H652 , and out of darkness H4480 H2822 .
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19. The Lord will make poor people happy. The poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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19. The meek H6035 also shall increase H3254 their joy H8057 in the LORD H3068 , and the poor H34 among men H120 shall rejoice H1523 in the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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20. This will happen when the people who are mean and cruel have come to an end. It will happen when those who enjoy doing bad things are gone.
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20. For H3588 the terrible one H6184 is brought to naught H656 , and the scorner H3887 is consumed H3615 , and all H3605 that watch H8245 for iniquity H205 are cut off H3772 :
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21. (They lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)
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21. That make a man an offender H2398 H120 for a word H1697 , and lay a snare H6983 for him that reproveth H3198 in the gate H8179 , and turn aside H5186 the just H6662 for a thing of naught H8414 .
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22. So the Lord speaks to Jacob's family. (This is the Lord who made Abraham free.) He says, "Now the people of Jacob will not be embarrassed and ashamed.
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22. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , who H834 redeemed H6299 H853 Abraham H85 , concerning H413 the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , Jacob H3290 shall not H3808 now H6258 be ashamed H954 , neither H3808 shall his face H6440 now H6258 wax pale H2357 .
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23. They will look around at all the children they have�children that I myself made, and they will honor my name. They will honor the Holy One of Jacob. They will respect the God of Israel.
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23. But when H3588 he seeth H7200 his children H3206 , the work H4639 of mine hands H3027 , in the midst H7130 of him , they shall sanctify H6942 my name H8034 , and sanctify H6942 H853 the Holy One H6918 of Jacob H3290 , and shall fear H6206 the God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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24. Many of these people did not understand, so they did what was wrong. They complained, but now they will learn their lesson."
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24. They also that erred H8582 in spirit H7307 shall come H3045 to understanding H998 , and they that murmured H7279 shall learn H3925 doctrine H3948 .
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