Common English Bible

Isaiah 29:1-5 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Oh, Ariel, Ariel,town where David encamped!Year by year, let the festivals come around—

2. but I will oppress Ariel.There will be mourning and lamentation;she will be like an Ariel to me.

3. I will surround you like a wall,and I will lay a siege against you with assault towers,and I will raise up siegeworks against you.

4. You will be brought down;from the ground you will speak;from low in the dust your speech will come.Your voice will be like a ghost’s from the earth;from the dust your words will whisper.

5. But your many enemies will be like fine dust,the terrible horde like passing chaff.Suddenly, in an instant,