1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 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. 5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. 8 It shall even be as when an 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.

9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all 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: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

17 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?

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, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

1 亚利伊勒、亚利伊勒（"亚利伊勒"意即"祭坛的炉"， 代表耶路撒冷）， 大卫曾在此安营的城啊， 有祸了！ 虽然你一年又一年按时举行节期，

2 我却要使亚利伊勒受困苦， 成了一座充满悲伤哀号的城， 我要以它为亚利伊勒。

3 我必四面安营攻击你， 筑起攻城的台来围困你， 堆起高垒攻击你。

4 你必降低， 从地中说话； 你说的话必细微， 如同出于尘土； 你的声音必像交鬼者的声音， 从地里出来； 你的言语必像耳语般低微， 如同出于尘土。

5 但你敌人的数量必多如灰尘， 那些强暴者的数量也多如被吹散的糠秕， 这必在顷刻之间， 突然发生。

6 万军之耶和华必用雷轰、地震、大声、旋风、暴风和吞灭人的火焰来惩罚他们。

7 那时， 所有攻击亚利伊勒的列国众军， 就是所有攻击亚利伊勒和它的堡垒， 以及迫害它的， 必如梦景， 如夜间的异象。

8 又像饥饿的人在梦中吃饭， 醒了以后， 仍然觉得饥饿； 又像口渴的人在梦中喝水， 醒了以后， 仍然觉得口渴， 心里还是想喝。那攻打锡安山的列国众军， 也必这样。

9 你们留连吧， 自我蒙蔽， 继续盲目吧！ 你们醉了， 却与酒无关， 你们东倒西歪， 也不是因为浓酒的缘故。

10 因为耶和华把沉睡的灵， 倾倒在你们身上； 他紧闭你们的眼， 就是先知； 蒙盖你们的头， 就是先见。

11 对你们来说， 整个异象就像密封的书卷的话， 人把这书卷交给识字的， 说： "请念吧！ "他必回答： "我不能念， 因为它是密封的。"

12 人又把这书卷交给不识字的人， 说： "请念吧！ "他必回答： "我不识字。"

13 主说： "因为这子民只用言语来亲近我， 用嘴唇尊崇我， 他们的心却远离我。他们对我的敬畏， 只是遵从传统的吩咐。

14 因此， 看哪！ 我要再向这子民施行奇事， 就是奇妙又奇妙的事； 他们智慧人的智慧必要消没， 他们聪明人的聪明必被隐藏。"

15 那些向耶和华深藏谋略的人， 有祸了！ 他们在暗中行事， 说： "谁看见我们？谁知道我们？"

16 你们颠倒事理了！ 窑匠怎能被看作泥土呢？被造的怎能对造它的说： "他没有造我"？制成品怎可对制成它的说： "他不聪明"？

17 不是还有一点点的时候， 黎巴嫩就要变为肥田， 肥田就要被看为树林吗？

18 到那日， 聋子必听见这书卷上的话； 瞎子的眼， 必在迷蒙黑暗中也能看见。

19 困苦的必因耶和华增添喜乐； 贫穷的人必因以色列的圣者而快乐。

20 因为强暴人归于无有， 好讥笑人的必被灭绝； 所有意图行恶的， 必被剪除。

21 他们只用一句话就定了人的罪， 又设下网罗来陷害城门口那执行裁判的， 用毫无根据的事屈枉义人。

22 因此， 曾经救赎亚伯拉罕的耶和华， 论到雅各家时， 这样说： "雅各今后必不再羞愧， 他的脸容也不再变为苍白，

23 因为他看见了他的子孙在他中间， 就是我手所作的。他们必尊我的名为圣， 必尊雅各的圣者为圣， 也必敬畏以色列的 神。

24 那些心中迷惑的， 必明白真理， 那些发怨言的， 必接受教训。"