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Isaiah 29 Summary
Ariel's Siege and Israel's Miraculous Deliverance
Woe to Ariel, the city of David, where sacrifices are offered. The Lord will distress Ariel with siege works and forts; she shall speak from the ground in whispers like one with a familiar spirit. Yet the multitude of her enemies shall be as a dream of night vision—when the hungry man awakens empty, so shall all nations fighting against Mount Zion. The Lord has poured out deep sleep upon the people and sealed vision. Yet in resurrection, the deaf shall hear the book's words and the blind shall see.
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Isaiah 29:1-2
“Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.”
Isaiah 29:7-8
“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.”
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.”
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