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.
10 For the Lord has poured out on youan overwhelming urge to sleep; He has shut your eyes — the prophets,and covered your heads — the seers.
11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”