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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?

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?

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?

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.

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:

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

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:

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.

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Many seek the ruler"s favour; but every man"s judgment cometh from the LORD.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

A man"s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.