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Isaiah 29

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Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

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Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

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And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

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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 whisper out of the dust.

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Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

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Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

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And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

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It shall even be as when an 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.

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Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

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And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

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And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

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Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

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Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

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Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

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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?

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And 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.

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The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

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For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

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That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

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But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

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They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

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Isaiah 29:18

“And 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.”

Study Summary

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see, establishing that salvation includes the restoration of the deaf and blind, the healing of fundamental disabilities that prevent participation in the community and reception of God's word. The deaf hearing and the blind seeing represent the reversal of the spiritual blindness mentioned earlier in the chapter. The hearing of the words of a book suggests the restoration of the ability to receive and understand prophecy and God's word. The movement from darkness to seeing establishes salvation as an enlightenment and unveiling. The oracle's shift to positive transformation suggests that judgment issues in restoration and healing for those who receive God's purposes. The recovery of the ability to hear and see represents the restoration of those who had been cut off from full participation in the community of faith.

Community Reflections

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Michael van Berg (test user)1d ago
Mercy and justice — Isaiah 29

God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. The thread of covenant runs through…

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Isaiah 29:18

“And 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.”

Study Summary

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see, establishing that salvation includes the restoration of the deaf and blind, the healing of fundamental disabilities that prevent participation in the community and reception of God's word. The deaf hearing and the blind seeing represent the reversal of the spiritual blindness mentioned earlier in the chapter. The hearing of the words of a book suggests the restoration of the ability to receive and understand prophecy and God's word. The movement from darkness to seeing establishes salvation as an enlightenment and unveiling. The oracle's shift to positive transformation suggests that judgment issues in restoration and healing for those who receive God's purposes. The recovery of the ability to hear and see represents the restoration of those who had been cut off from full participation in the community of faith.

Community Reflections

1
Michael van Berg (test user)1d ago
Mercy and justice — Isaiah 29

God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. The thread of covenant runs through…

Read the note →

Isaiah 29:18

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see, establishing that salvation includes the restoration of the deaf and blind, the healing of fundamental disabilities that prevent participation in the community and reception of God's word. The deaf hearing and the blind seeing represent the reversal of the spiritual blindness mentioned earlier in the chapter. The hearing of the words of a book suggests the restoration of the ability to receive and understand prophecy and God's word. The movement from darkness to seeing establishes salvation as an enlightenment and unveiling. The oracle's shift to positive transformation suggests that judgment issues in restoration and healing for those who receive God's purposes. The recovery of the ability to hear and see represents the restoration of those who had been cut off from full participation in the community of faith.