{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/29","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T01:04:35.273Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":29,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":28,"nextChapter":30,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation; and she shall be unto me as Ariel."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with posted troops, and I will raise siege works against thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her stronghold, and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And all vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I cannot, for it is sealed:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me , and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them ;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scoffer ceaseth, and all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Therefore thus saith Jehovah, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 29 (ASV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 29](https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/29)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/isaiah/29 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}