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In This Chapter 6 people 10 places 66 terms

People

Jacob (Patriarch) 7 Israel 4 David 2 Jeshurun (Israel) Abraham Abram (Abraham)

Places

    Key Terms

    Holy 6 Be Holy 6 Mighty (Ruthless) 5 Understanding 5 Woe (Future Suffering) 4 Perceive 4 Necromancer 3 Treat With Honor and Respect 3 To Stand Guilty 3 Fear 2 Wisdom 2 Counsel 2 Poor 2 Mischief 2 Bring Honor and Glory on Oneself Be Worthy of Honor Fear (State) Awe (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People) Ability (Skill) Ability (Power) World Universe Miracle Ability (Spiritual) Lordship Spiritually Understanding (Awareness) Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary To Sin Sin Guilt (State) Transgression Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against To Redeem (Deliver) Redeem To Redeem (Liberate) Redemption (Right) To Redeem (Substitute) Let Be Redeemed Redemption (Deliverance)

    Woe to David’s City

    (Luke 19:41–44)

    ⓘ This is the second of the six woes...

    This is the second of the six woes (What sorrow . . .).
    ⓘ Ariel was another name for Mount Zion (29:8);...

    Ariel was another name for Mount Zion (29:8); it probably means altar of God.
    ⓘ In the Assyrian siege, the Lord would be...

    In the Assyrian siege, the Lord would be fighting against Jerusalem, but he would force the Assyrians to abandon Jerusalem in his own time.
    1Woe to you, O Ariel,†the city of Ariel where David camped!Year upon yearlet your festivals recur.2And I will constrain Ariel,and there will be mourning and lamentation;she will be like an altar hearth† before Me.3I will camp in a circle around you;I will besiege you with towersand set up siege works against you.4You will be brought low,you will speak from the ground,and out of the dustyour words will be muffled.Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper out of the dust.
    5But your many foes will be like fine dust,the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,6you will be visited by the LORD of Hostswith thunder and earthquake and loud noise,with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.7All the many nationsgoing out to battle against Ariel—even all who war against her,laying siege and attacking her—will be like a dream,like a vision in the night,
    ⓘ Jerusalem’s blindness kept its people from understanding God’s...

    Jerusalem’s blindness kept its people from understanding God’s plan.
    8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating,then awakens still hungry;as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking,then awakens faint and parched.So will it be for all the many nationswho go to battle against Mount Zion.
    9Stop and be astonished;blind yourselves and be sightless;be drunk, but not with wine;stagger, but not from strong drink.10For the LORD has poured out on youa spirit of deep sleep.He has shut your eyes, O prophets;He has covered your heads, O seers.

    11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” 12Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

    13Therefore the Lord said:

    “These people draw near to Me with their mouthsand honor Me with their lips,but their hearts are far from Me.Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.†14Therefore I will again confound these peoplewith wonder upon wonder.The wisdom of the wise will vanish,and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”†
    ⓘ This threat of coming judgment is the third...

    This threat of coming judgment is the third of the six woes (see study note on 28:1–33:24). It begins with judgment but moves to a vision of creation being renewed and of the wicked coming to an end.
    15Woe to those who dig deepto hide their plans from the LORD.In darkness they do their works and say,“Who sees us, and who will know?”16You have turned things upside down,as if the potter were regarded as clay.Shall what is formed say to him who formed it,“He did not make me”?†Can the pottery say of the potter,“He has no understanding”?

    Sanctification for the Godly

    17In a very short time,will not Lebanon become an orchard,and the orchard seem like a forest?18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll,and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD,and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
    20For the ruthless will vanish,the mockers will disappear,and all who look for evilwill be cut down—21those who indict a man with a word,who ensnare the mediator at the gate,and who with false chargesdeprive the innocent of justice.
    ⓘ The prophecy of woe, which began at 29:15,...

    The prophecy of woe, which began at 29:15, now ends with a prophecy of salvation.

    22Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob:

    “No longer will Jacob be ashamedand no more will his face grow pale.23For when he sees his children around him,the work of My hands,they will honor My name,they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,and they will stand in aweof the God of Israel.24Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding,and those who grumble will accept instruction.”