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 Your many foes will be like fine dust, and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.Then suddenly, in an instant,
6 you will be visited by the Lord of Hostswith thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel —all the attackers, the siege works against her,and those who oppress her —will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.
8 It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,then wakes and is still hungry;and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.So it will be for all the many nationswho go to battle against Mount Zion.
9 Stop and be astonished;blind yourselves and be blind!They are drunk, but not with wine;they stagger, but not with beer.