Isaiah 29:2

2 But I'm not letting up on Jerusalem. The moaning and groaning will continue. Jerusalem to me is an Ariel.

Isaiah 29:2 In-Context

1 Doom, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David set camp! Let the years add up, let the festivals run their cycles,
2 But I'm not letting up on Jerusalem. The moaning and groaning will continue. Jerusalem to me is an Ariel.
3 Like David, I'll set up camp against you. I'll set siege, build towers, bring in siege engines, build siege ramps.
4 Driven into the ground, you'll speak, you'll mumble words from the dirt - Your voice from the ground, like the muttering of a ghost. Your speech will whisper from the dust.
5 But it will be your enemies who are beaten to dust, the mob of tyrants who will be blown away like chaff. Because, surprise, as if out of nowhere,
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