1
Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David camped! Continue year after year; let the festivals recur.
2
I will oppress Ariel, and there will be mourning and crying, and she will be to Me like an Ariel.
3
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with earth ramps, and I will set up my siege towers against you.
4
You will be brought down; you will speak from the ground, and your words will come from low in the dust. Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper from the dust.
5
The multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless, like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Footnotes 1
[a].
Hb obscure; perhaps "altar hearth" or "lion of God"