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Rh :With whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
 * And the multitude of all the nations that war against Ariel,
 * Even all that war against her, and the bulwarks about her, and they that distress her,
 * Shall be as a dream, a vision of the night.
 * And it shall be as when a 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.


 * Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid!
 * Blind yourselves, and be blind!
 * Ye that are drunken, but not with wine,
 * That stagger, but not with strong drink.
 * For the hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,
 * And hath closed your eyes;
 * The prophets, and your heads, the seers, hath He covered.

And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing 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'; and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.'


 * And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near,
 * And with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me,
 * But have removed their heart far from Me,
 * And their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
 * Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people,
 * Even a marvellous work and a wonder;
 * And the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
 * And the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid.


 * Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the ,
 * And their works are in the dark,
 * And they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'
 * O your perversity!
 * Shall the potter be esteemed as clay;
 * That the thing made should say of him that made it: 'He made me not';
 * Or the thing framed say of him that framed it: 'He hath no understanding?'
 * 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?
 * And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of a book,
 * And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
 * The humble also shall increase their joy in the ,
 * And the neediest among men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
 * For the terrible one is brought to nought,
 * And the scorner ceaseth,
 * And all they that watch for iniquity are cut off;