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כט:א
ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃
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1.
<span class="poetry indentAll">“Ah, Ariel,</span><sup class="footnote-marker">a</sup><i class="footnote"><b>Ariel </b>A poetic name of Jerusalem; cf. 33.7.</i> Ariel,<br><span class="poetry indentAll">City where David camped!</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Add year to year,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Let festivals come in their cycles!</span>כט:ב
וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַאֲנִיָּה֙ וַאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃
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2.
<span class="poetry indentAll">And I will harass Ariel,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And there shall be sorrow and sighing.</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">She shall be to Me like Ariel.</span><sup class="footnote-marker">b</sup><i class="footnote"><b>She shall be to Me like Ariel </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i>כט:ג
וְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃
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3.
<span class="poetry indentAll">And I will camp against you round about;</span><sup class="footnote-marker">c</sup><i class="footnote"><b>round about </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Septuagint reads “like David”; cf. v. 1.</i> <br><span class="poetry indentAll">I will lay siege to you with a mound,</span><sup class="footnote-marker">d</sup><i class="footnote"><b>with a mound </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <br><span class="poetry indentAll">And I will set up siegeworks against you.</span>כט:ד
וְשָׁפַלְתְּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי וּמֵעָפָ֖ר תִּשַּׁ֣ח אִמְרָתֵ֑ךְ וְֽ֠הָיָ֠ה כְּא֤וֹב מֵאֶ֙רֶץ֙ קוֹלֵ֔ךְ וּמֵעָפָ֖ר אִמְרָתֵ֥ךְ תְּצַפְצֵֽף׃
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4.
<span class="poetry indentAll">And you shall speak from lower than the ground,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Your speech shall be humbler than the sod;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Your speech shall sound like a ghost’s from the ground,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Your voice shall chirp from the sod.</span>כט:ה
וְהָיָ֛ה כְּאָבָ֥ק דַּ֖ק הֲמ֣וֹן זָרָ֑יִךְ וּכְמֹ֤ץ עֹבֵר֙ הֲמ֣וֹן עָרִיצִ֔ים וְהָיָ֖ה לְפֶ֥תַע פִּתְאֹֽם׃
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5.
<span class="poetry indentAll">And like fine dust shall be</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">The multitude of your strangers;</span><sup class="footnote-marker">e</sup><i class="footnote"><b>your strangers </b>Manuscript 1QIsᵃ reads “those insolent toward you.”</i> <br><span class="poetry indentAll">And like flying chaff,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">The multitude of tyrants.”</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And suddenly, in an instant,</span>כט:ו
מֵעִ֨ם יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ תִּפָּקֵ֔ד בְּרַ֥עַם וּבְרַ֖עַשׁ וְק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל סוּפָה֙ וּסְעָרָ֔ה וְלַ֖הַב אֵ֥שׁ אוֹכֵלָֽה׃
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6.
<span class="poetry indentAll">She shall be remembered of </span> G<small>OD</small> of Hosts<br><span class="poetry indentAll">With roaring, and shaking, and deafening noise,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Storm, and tempest, and blaze of consuming fire.</span>כט:ז
וְהָיָ֗ה כַּֽחֲלוֹם֙ חֲז֣וֹן לַ֔יְלָה הֲמוֹן֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־אֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְכׇל־צֹבֶ֙יהָ֙ וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ וְהַמְּצִיקִ֖ים לָֽהּ׃
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7.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Then, like a dream, a vision of the night,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Shall be the multitude of nations</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">That war upon Ariel,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And all her besiegers, and the siegeworks against her,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And those who harass her.</span>כט:ח
וְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַחֲלֹ֨ם הָרָעֵ֜ב וְהִנֵּ֣ה אוֹכֵ֗ל וְהֵקִיץ֮ וְרֵיקָ֣ה נַפְשׁוֹ֒ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַחֲלֹ֤ם הַצָּמֵא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שֹׁתֶ֔ה וְהֵקִיץ֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עָיֵ֔ף וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֗ה הֲמוֹן֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־הַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃ <span class="mam-spi-pe">{פ}</span><br>
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<span class="poetry indentAll">Like someone hungry who dreams of eating,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">But wakes up still hungry;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And like someone thirsty who dreams of drinking,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">But wakes faint</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And utterly parched—</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">So shall be all the multitude of nations</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">That war upon Mount Zion.</span>כט:ט
הִתְמַהְמְה֣וּ וּתְמָ֔הוּ הִשְׁתַּעַשְׁע֖וּ וָשֹׁ֑עוּ שָׁכְר֣וּ וְלֹא־יַ֔יִן נָע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א שֵׁכָֽר׃
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9.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Act stupid and be stupefied!</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Act blind and be blinded!</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">(They are drunk, but not from wine,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">They stagger, but not from liquor.)</span>כט:י
כִּֽי־נָסַ֨ךְ עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם יְהֹוָה֙ ר֣וּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה וַיְעַצֵּ֖ם אֶת־עֵינֵיכֶ֑ם אֶת־הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים וְאֶת־רָאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם הַחֹזִ֖ים כִּסָּֽה׃
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10.
<span class="poetry indentAll">For </span> G<small>OD</small> has spread over you<br><span class="poetry indentAll">A spirit of deep sleep,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And has shut your eyes, the prophets,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And covered your heads, the seers;</span>כט:יא
וַתְּהִ֨י לָכֶ֜ם חָז֣וּת הַכֹּ֗ל כְּדִבְרֵי֮ הַסֵּ֣פֶר הֶחָתוּם֒ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִתְּנ֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ אֶל־יוֹדֵ֥עַ <span class="mam-kq"><span class="mam-kq-k">(הספר)</span> <span class="mam-kq-q">[סֵ֛פֶר]</span></span> לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַר֙ לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל כִּ֥י חָת֖וּם הֽוּא׃
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11.
<span class="poetry indentAll">So that all prophecy has been to you</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Like the words of a sealed document.</span><br>If it is handed to one who can read with a request to read it, the response will be, “I can’t, because it is sealed”;כט:יב
וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר׃ <span class="mam-spi-samekh">{ס}</span>
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12.
and if the document is handed with the same request to one who cannot read, the response will be, “I can’t read.”כט:יג
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲדֹנָ֗י יַ֚עַן כִּ֤י נִגַּשׁ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה בְּפִ֤יו וּבִשְׂפָתָיו֙ כִּבְּד֔וּנִי וְלִבּ֖וֹ רִחַ֣ק מִמֶּ֑נִּי וַתְּהִ֤י יִרְאָתָם֙ אֹתִ֔י מִצְוַ֥ת אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְלֻמָּדָֽה׃
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<span class="poetry indentAll">My Sovereign said:</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Because that people has approached [Me] with its mouth</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And honored Me with its lips,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">But has kept its heart far from Me,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And its worship of Me has been</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">A social obligation,</span><sup class="footnote-marker">f</sup><i class="footnote"><b>social obligation </b>Lit. “commandment of men.”</i> learned by rote—כט:יד
לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֥י יוֹסִ֛ף לְהַפְלִ֥יא אֶת־הָעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה הַפְלֵ֣א וָפֶ֑לֶא וְאָֽבְדָה֙ חׇכְמַ֣ת חֲכָמָ֔יו וּבִינַ֥ת נְבֹנָ֖יו תִּסְתַּתָּֽר׃ <span class="mam-spi-samekh">{ס}</span>
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14.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Truly, I shall further baffle that people</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">With bafflement upon bafflement;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And the wisdom of its wise shall fail,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And the prudence of its prudent shall vanish.</span>כט:טו
ה֛וֹי הַמַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽיְהֹוָ֖ה לַסְתִּ֣ר עֵצָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ מִ֥י רֹאֵ֖נוּ וּמִ֥י יֹֽדְעֵֽנוּ׃
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<span class="poetry indentAll">Ha! Those who would hide their plans</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Deep from </span> G<small>OD</small>!<br><span class="poetry indentAll">Who do their work in dark places</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And say, “Who sees us, who takes note of us?”</span>כט:טז
הַ֨פְכְּכֶ֔ם אִם־כְּחֹ֥מֶר הַיֹּצֵ֖ר יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֨ר מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לְעֹשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֔נִי וְיֵ֛צֶר אָמַ֥ר לְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א הֵבִֽין׃
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<span class="poetry indentAll">How perverse of you!</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Should the potter be accounted as the clay?</span><sup class="footnote-marker">g</sup><i class="footnote"><b>How perverse of you! / Should the potter be accounted as the clay? </b>Meaning of first line uncertain; emendation yields “Should the potter be accounted / Like the jugs or like the clay?”</i> <br><span class="poetry indentAll">Should what is made say of its Maker,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">“This One did not make me,”</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And what is formed say of the One who formed it,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">“That One did not understand”?</span><sup class="footnote-marker">h</sup><i class="footnote"><b>That One did not understand </b>Emendation yields “That One did not fashion me.”</i>כט:יז
הֲלוֹא־עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְשָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃
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17.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Surely, in a little while,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Lebanon will be transformed into farmland,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And farmland accounted as mere brush.</span>כט:יח
וְשָׁמְע֧וּ בַיּוֹם־הַה֛וּא הַחֵרְשִׁ֖ים דִּבְרֵי־סֵ֑פֶר וּמֵאֹ֣פֶל וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֵינֵ֥י עִוְרִ֖ים תִּרְאֶֽינָה׃
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18.
<span class="poetry indentAll">In that day, the deaf shall hear even written words,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And the eyes of the blind shall see</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Even in darkness and obscurity.</span>כט:יט
וְיָסְפ֧וּ עֲנָוִ֛ים בַּֽיהֹוָ֖ה שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם בִּקְד֥וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יָגִֽילוּ׃
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19.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Then the humble shall have increasing joy through </span> G<small>OD</small>,<br><span class="poetry indentAll">And the neediest of people shall exult</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">In the Holy One of Israel.</span>כט:כ
כִּי־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְכָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְנִכְרְת֖וּ כׇּל־שֹׁ֥קְדֵי אָֽוֶן׃
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20.
<span class="poetry indentAll">For the tyrant shall be no more,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">The scoffer shall cease to be;</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And those diligent for evil shall be wiped out,</span>כט:כא
מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י אָדָם֙ בְּדָבָ֔ר וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ בַּשַּׁ֖עַר יְקֹשׁ֑וּן וַיַּטּ֥וּ בַתֹּ֖הוּ צַדִּֽיק׃ <span class="mam-spi-pe">{פ}</span><br>
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21.
<span class="poetry indentAll">Who cause people to lose their lawsuits,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">Laying a snare for the arbiter at the gate,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And wronging by falsehood</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">One who was in the right.</span><br>כט:כב
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּדָ֖ה אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם לֹֽא־עַתָּ֤ה יֵבוֹשׁ֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְלֹ֥א עַתָּ֖ה פָּנָ֥יו יֶֽחֱוָֽרוּ׃
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22.
Assuredly, thus said G<small>OD</small> to the House of Jacob, Who redeemed Abraham:<sup class="footnote-marker">i</sup><i class="footnote"><b>Who redeemed Abraham </b>Emendation yields “Whose fathers were redeemed.”</i> <br><span class="poetry indentAll">No more shall Jacob be shamed,</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">No longer his face grow pale.</span><br>כט:כג
כִּ֣י בִ֠רְאֹת֠וֹ יְלָדָ֞יו מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֛י בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ שְׁמִ֑י וְהִקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־קְד֣וֹשׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃
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23.
For when he—that is, his progeny—behold what My hands have wrought in his midst, they will hallow My name.<br><span class="poetry indentAll">They will hallow the Holy One of Jacob</span><br><span class="poetry indentAll">And stand in awe of the God of Israel.</span>כט:כד
וְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃ <span class="mam-spi-samekh">{ס}</span>
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