1Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!
2Yet I will distress Ariel,
3And I will camp against thee round about,
4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground,
5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust,
6Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts
7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
8It shall even be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold, he eateth;
9Stay yourselves, and wonder;
10For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed,
12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned,
13Wherefore the Lord said,
14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work amongst this people,
15Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord,
16Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay:
17Is it not yet a very little while,
18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book,
19The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
20For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed,
21That make a man an offender for a word,
22Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob,
23But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him,
24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding,