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,
6. the Lord of heavenly forces will come to you with thunder, earthquake, and a mighty voice,with whirlwind, tempest, and flames of devouring fire.
7. The horde of nations fighting against Ariel,and all who make war on her and her fortress and besiege her,will be like a dream, a vision of the night.