1 How horrible it will be for you Ariel, Ariel,
2 I will torment Ariel,
3 I will set up war camps all around you.
4 When you have fallen, you will speak as you lie on the ground.
5 Your many enemies will be like fine dust.
6 The Lord of Armies will punish you
7 The armies from all the nations will go to war against Ariel.
8 They will be like hungry people who dream that they’re eating
9 If you confuse yourselves, you will be confused.
10 The Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep.
11 To you all these visions will be like words in a book that is closed and sealed. You give this book to someone who can read, saying, “Please read this.”
12 Then you give the book to someone who can’t read, saying, “Please read this.”
13 The Lord says,
14 That is why I am going to do something completely amazing
15 How horrible it will be for those
16 You turn things upside down!
17 In a very short time Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field
18 When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book.
19 Humble people again will find joy in the Lord.
20 Tyrants will be gone.
21 those who make people sin with words,
22 This is what the Lord, who saved Abraham, says about the descendants of Jacob:
23 When they see all their children,
24 Then those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding,