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Isaiah 29

1 A prophecy against Jerusalém. 13 The vengeance of God on them that follow the traditions of men.
1.Ah aaltar, altar of the city that David dwelt in, add year to year, blet them kill lambs,
2.but I will bring the altar into distress, and there shalbe heaviness and sorrow, and it shalbe unto me like can altar.
3.And I will besiege thee as a circle, and fight against thee on a mount, and will cast up ramparts against thee.
4.So shalt thou be humbled, and shalt speak out of the dground, and thy speech shall be as out of the dust, thy voice also shalbe out of the ground like him that hath a spirit of divination, and thy talking shall whisper out of the dust.
5.Moreover, the multitude of thy estrangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of strong men shalbe as chaff that passeth away, and it shalbe in a moment, even suddenly.
6.Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hostes with thunder, and shaking, and a great noise, a whirlwind, and a tempest, and a flame of a devouring fire.
7.And the fmultitude of all the nations that fight against the altar, shalbe as a dream or vision by night: even all they that make the war against it, and strong holds against it, and lay siege unto it.
8.And it shalbe like as an hungry man dreameth, and behold, ghe eateth and when he awaketh, his soul is empty: or like as a thirsty man dreameth, and lo, he is drinking, and when he awaketh, behold, he is faint, and his soul longeth: so shall the multitude of all nations be that fight against mount Zión.
9.hStay your selves, and wonder: they are blind, and make you blind: they are dronken, but not with wine: they stagger, but not by strong drink.
10.For the Lord hath covered you with a spirit of slumber, and hath shut up your eyes: the Prophets, and your chief Seers hath he covered.
11.And the vision of them all is become unto you, as the words of a book that is sealed up, which they deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. Then shall he say, I can inot: for it is sealed.
12.And the book is given unto him that can not read, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he shall say, I can not read.
13.Therefore the Lord said, Because this people kcome near unto me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their lfear toward me was taught by the precept of men,
14.Therefore behold, I will again do a marvelous work in this people, even a marvelous work, and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wisemen shall mperish, and the understanding of their prudent men shalbe hid.
15.Wo unto them that nseek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord: for their works are in darkness, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
16.Your turning of devises shall it not be esteemed oas the potter’s clay? for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or the thing formed, say of him that fashioned it, He had none understanding?
17.Is it not yet but a little while, and Lebanón shalbe pturned into Carmél? and Carmél shalbe counted as a forest?
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, & out of darkness.
19.The meek in the Lord shall receive joy again, and the poor men shall rejoice in the holie one of Israél.
20.For the cruel man shall cease, and the scornful shalbe consumed: and all that hasted to iniquity, shalbe cut off:
21.Which made a man to sin in the qword, and took him in a snare: which reproved them in the gate, and made the just to fall without cause.
22.Therefore thus saith the Lord unto the house of Jaakób, even he that redeemed Abrahám, Jaakób shall not now be confounded, neither now shall his face be pale.
23.But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the middes of him, they shall sanctify my Name, and sanctify the holie one of Jaakób, and shall fear the God of Israél.
24.Then they that erred in spirit, rshall have understanding, and they that murmured, shall learn doctrine.

Notes

1-a.
The Ebrewe word Ariel signifies the lyon of God, and signified the altar, because the altar seemed to devour the sacrifice that was offered to God, as Ezek. 43.16. (See picture in Ex. 27)
1-b.
Your vain confidence in your sacrifices shall not last long.
2-c.
Your city shall be full of blood, as an altar whereon they sacrifice.
4-d.
Your speech shall be no more lofty but abased, and low as the very charmers, which are in low places, and whisper, so that their voice can scarcely be heard.
5-e.
Your hired soldiers, in whom you trusted, first shall be destroyed, as dust or chaff in a whirlwind.
7-f.
The enemies that I will bring to destroy you, and that which you make your vain trust, shall come at unawares, even as a dream in the night some read, as if this were a comfort to the Church for the destruction of their enemies.
8-g.
That is, he thinks that he eats.
9-h.
Muse thereon as long as you list yet shall you find nothing, but occasion to be astonied for your Prophets are blind, and therefore can not direct you.
11-i.
Meaning, that it is all alike, either to read, or not to read, except God open the heart to understand.
13-k.
Because they are hypocrites and not sincere in heart, as Mat. 15.8.
13-l.
That is, their religion was learned by man’s doctrine, and not by my word.
14-m.
Meaning, that where as God is not worshipped according to his word, both magistrates, and ministers are but fools, and without understanding.
15-n.
This is spoken of them, which in heart despise God’s word and mocked at the admonitions, but outwardly bare a good face.
16-o.
For all your craft, says the Lord, you can not be able to escape mine hands no more then the clay, that is in the potter’s hands, has power to deliver itself.
17-p.
Shall there not be a change of all things? and Carmel, that is a plentiful place in respect of that it shall be then, may be taken, as a forest, as Ch. 32.15, and thus he speaks to comfort the faithful.
21-q.
They that went about to find fault with the Prophet’s words, and would not abide admonitions, but would entangle them and bring them into danger.
24-r.
Signifying, that except God give understanding, and knowledge, man can not but still error, and murmur against him.