3 I will encamp against you all around,I will lay siege against you with a mound,And I will raise siegeworks against you.
4 You shall be brought down,You shall speak out of the ground;Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;Your voice shall be like a medium’s, out of the ground;And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
5 “Moreover the multitude of your foesShall be like fine dust,And the multitude of the terrible onesLike chaff that passes away;Yes, it shall be in an instant, suddenly.
6 You will be punished by the Lord of hostsWith thunder and earthquake and great noise,With storm and tempestAnd the flame of devouring fire.
7 The multitude of all the nations who fight against Ariel,Even all who fight against her and her fortress,And distress her,Shall be as a dream of a night vision.
8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,And look—he eats;But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;Or as when a thirsty man dreams,And look—he drinks;But he awakes, and indeed he is faint,And his soul still craves:So the multitude of all the nations shall be,Who fight against Mount Zion.”
9 Pause and wonder!Blind yourselves and be blind!They are drunk, but not with wine;They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.