1Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round:

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2 Samuel 5:9, Amos 4:4, Amos 4:5, 2 Samuel 5:9, Amos 4:4

2And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to me as Ariel.

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Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 5:25, Isaiah 5:30, Lamentations 2:5

3And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers round you.

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Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44, Luke 19:43, Luke 19:44, Ezekiel 21:22

4And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out of the dust; and your voice will come out of the earth like that of a spirit, making bird-like noises out of the dust.

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Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 8:19, Psalms 44:25, Isaiah 3:8, Psalms 44:25

5And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone before the wind; suddenly it will come about.

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1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 17:14

6The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.

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Mark 13:8, Mark 13:8, Matthew 24:7, Revelation 11:19, 1 Samuel 2:10

7And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her in with their towers, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night.

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Job 20:8, Job 20:8, Zechariah 12:9, Micah 4:11, Micah 4:12

8And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

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Psalms 73:20, Isaiah 44:12, Psalms 73:20, Isaiah 44:12, Isaiah 10:7

9Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

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Isaiah 51:21, Isaiah 51:22, Isaiah 51:21, Isaiah 51:22, Isaiah 49:26

10For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

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Romans 11:8, Romans 11:8, Isaiah 44:18, Isaiah 44:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:9

11And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give to one who has knowledge of writing, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I am not able to, for the book is shut:

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Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:11, Isaiah 8:16, Daniel 12:4, Isaiah 8:16

12And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says, I have no knowledge of writing.

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John 7:15, John 7:16, John 7:15, John 7:16, Isaiah 29:18

13And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;

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Mark 7:2, Mark 7:13, Mark 7:2, Mark 7:13, Ezekiel 33:31

14For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

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Habakkuk 1:5, Habakkuk 1:5, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 1:19

15Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

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Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 8:12, Isaiah 47:10, Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 47:10

16You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

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Romans 9:19, Romans 9:21, Romans 9:19, Romans 9:21, Isaiah 64:8

17In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.

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Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 32:15, Matthew 19:30, Matthew 19:30, Psalms 107:33

18And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

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Isaiah 35:5, Matthew 11:5, Isaiah 35:5, Matthew 11:5, Proverbs 20:12

19And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

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James 2:5, James 2:5, Isaiah 61:1, Isaiah 61:1, Matthew 11:29

20For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

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Micah 2:1, Micah 2:1, Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 28:22, Isaiah 28:14

21Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

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Amos 5:10, Amos 5:12, Amos 5:10, Amos 5:12, James 5:6

22For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now be put to shame, or his face be clouded with fear.

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Isaiah 45:17, Jeremiah 30:10, Isaiah 51:2, Isaiah 45:17, Jeremiah 30:10

23But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.

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Ephesians 2:10, Isaiah 19:25, Ephesians 2:10, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 8:13

24Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

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Isaiah 28:7, Hebrews 5:2, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:19, Isaiah 28:7