Woe to David’s City (Luke 19:41–44)
1 UEB Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the festivals come round. BSB BSB: Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
2 UEB But I will besiege Ariel, and she will be mourning and lamenting; and she will be to me like Ariel. BSB BSB: And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
3 UEB I will encamp against you in a circle and will lay siege against you with a palisade, and I will raise siege works against you. BSB BSB: I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
4 UEB You will be brought down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust. Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper. BSB BSB: 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.
5 UEB The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away. It will happen suddenly, in an instant. BSB BSB: But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
6 UEB Yahweh of hosts will come to you with thunder, earthquake, great noise, with strong winds and violent storm, and the flames of a devouring fire. BSB BSB: 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.
7 UEB It will be like a dream, a vision of the night: A horde of all the nations will fight against Ariel and her stronghold. They will attack her and her fortifications to press upon her. BSB BSB: 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,
8 UEB It will be like when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but when he awakes, his stomach is empty. It will be like when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he when he awakes, he is fainting, with his thirst not quenched. Yes, so will be the great number of nations that fights against Mount Zion. BSB BSB: 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.
10 UEB For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, the prophets, and has covered your heads, the seers. BSB BSB: 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.
12 UEB If the book is given to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read." BSB BSB: Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
13 UEB The Lord said, "This people comes close to me with their mouths and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Their honor for me is only a commandment of men that has been taught. BSB BSB: 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.
14 UEB Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear." BSB BSB: 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.”
15 UEB Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in darkness. They say, "Who sees us, and who knows us?" BSB BSB: 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?”
16 UEB You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, "He did not make me," or the thing formed say about him who formed it, "He does not understand"? BSB BSB: 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”?
Sanctification for the Godly 17 UEB In just a little while, Lebanon will be turned into a field, and the field will become a forest. BSB BSB: In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
18 UEB On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. BSB BSB: 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.
19 UEB The oppressed will again rejoice in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. BSB BSB: The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 UEB For the ruthless will cease, and the scoffer will vanish. All those who love to do evil will be eliminated, BSB BSB: For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—
21 UEB who by a word make a man out to be an offender. They lay a snare for him who seeks justice at the gate and put the righteous down with empty lies. BSB BSB: 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.
22 UEB Therefore this is what Yahweh says concerning the house of Jacob—Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, "Jacob will no longer be ashamed, nor will his face be pale. BSB BSB: 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.
23 UEB But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, they will make my name holy. They will make holy the name of the Holy One of Jacob and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel. BSB BSB: 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.
24 UEB Those who err in spirit will gain understanding, and complainers will learn knowledge." BSB BSB: Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.”
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