The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:5 (ESV)

But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:6 (ESV)

you will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise,
with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:7 (ESV)

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

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:8 (ESV)

As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating, and awakes with his hunger not satisfied, or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking, and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched, so shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:9 (ESV)

Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:10 (ESV)

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:11 (ESV)

And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed.
When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Isaiah 29:12 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.'

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:13 (CSB)

The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches to honour me with lip-service,
yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:14 (CSB)

Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:15 (CSB)

Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the Lord. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:16 (CSB)

You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. How can what is made say about its maker, “He didn’t make me”? How can what is formed say about the one who formed it, “He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:17 (CSB)

Isn’t it true that in just a little while Lebanon will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:18 (CSB)

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:19 (CSB)

The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:20 (CSB)

For the ruthless one will vanish, the scorner will disappear, and all those who lie in wait with evil intent will be killed—

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:21 (CSB)

those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Isaiah 29:22 (CSB)

Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham says this about the house of Jacob:

Jacob will no longer be ashamed, and his face will no longer be pale.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:23 (CSB)

For when he sees his children, the work of my hands within his nation, they will honor my name, they will honor the Holy One of Jacob and stand in awe of the God of Israel.

 

[Deade]

Isaiah 29:24 (CSB)

Those who are confused will gain understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.