29 “What sorrow awaits Ariel, the City of David. Year after year you celebrate your feasts. 2 Yet I will bring disaster upon you, an altar covered with blood. 3 I will be your enemy, and destroy it. 4 Then deep from the earth you will speak; like a ghost conjured up from the grave. 5 “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed Suddenly, in an instant, 6 I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. 7 All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a vision in the night. 8 A hungry person dreams of eating with those who attack Mount Zion.” 9 Are you amazed and incredulous? You stagger, but not from liquor! 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. 11 All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it because it is sealed.” 12 When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.” 13 And so the Lord says, is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. 14 Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.” 15 What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, “He doesn’t know what’s going on!” 16 How foolish can you be? “The potter who made me is stupid”? 17 Soon—and it will not be very long— and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops. 18 In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness. 19 The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 The scoffer will be gone, and those who plot evil will be killed. 21 Those who convict the innocent and who tell lies to destroy the innocent. 22 That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel, or turn pale with fear. 23 For when they see their many children They will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 Then the wayward will gain understanding, and complainers will accept instruction.