Self-interpreting Bible

1 ¹WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, ²the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them ³kill sacrifices.

• 1: Or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God. 2Sa. 23.30. v.2,7. Eze. 43.15,16. , 2Sa. 23:30 , Is. 29:2 , Is. 29:7 , Eze. 43:15 , Eze. 43:16
• 2: Or, of the city. 2Sa. 5.9. , 2Sa. 5:9
• 3: Heb. cut off the heads, or let the feasts go round. Ho. 5.6. ch. 1.11-15. Mi. 6.6,7. ch. 66.3; 1.11-15. Je. 7.21. Am. 4.4,5. , Ho. 5:6 , Is. 1:11 - 15 , Mi. 6:6 , Mi. 6:7 , Is. 66:3 , Is. 1:11 - 15 , Je. 7:21 , Am. 4:4 , Am. 4:5

2 ^aYet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

• a: Is. 8:8 , Is. 3:26 , Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 10:5 , Is. 10:6 , Is. 10:24 , Is. 10:28 - 32 , Is. 33:7 , Is. 36:22 , Is. 37:3

3 ^bAnd I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

• b: 2Ki. 18:17 , 2Ki. 19:8 , 2Ki. 19:9 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25 , Zec. 14:2 , Lu. 19:43 , Lu. 21:20

4 ^cAnd thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a ^*familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall ⁴whisper out of the dust.

• c: La. 1:9 , 2Ki. 18:14 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25 , Is. 8:19 , Is. 2:11 - 17 , Lu. 19:43 , Lu. 19:44 , Lu. 21:24 , 2Th. 2:16
• *: familiar spirit-demon supposed to be in, or under the power of, a man.
• 4: Heb. peep or chirp.

5 Moreover ^dthe multitude of thy ^estrangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be ^fas chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

• d: Is. 30:5 , Is. 30:7 , Is. 31:3 , Is. 37:9 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 14:25 , Is. 31:8 , Is. 37:36
• e: Is. 25:5
• f: Is. 17:13 , Is. 30:13 , Job 21:18 , Ps. 35:5 , Ps. 1:4 , 1Th. 5:3

6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts ^gwith thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

• g: Is. 5:26 - 30 , Is. 28:2 , Is. 8:8 , Is. 30:30 - 33 , Is. 33:11 , Is. 33:12 , Is. 37:36

7 ¶^hAnd the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her ^i*munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

• h: Is. 41:11 , Is. 41:12 , Is. 30:30 - 33 , Is. 31:8 , Is. 31:9 , Is. 17:12 - 14 , Is. 37:36 , Ps. 73:20 , Job 20:8 , Zec. 14:1 - 3
• i: Pr. 12:12
• *: munition-fortress, stronghold.

8 ^jIt shall even be as when an hungry man ^kdreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

• j: Is. 10:7 - 34 , Isaiah 36 , Isaiah 37 , 2 Kings 18 , 2 Kings 19 , 2Ch. 32:21 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Re. 6:12 - 17 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39 , Mi. 7:8 - 10
• k: Ps. 73:20

9 ¶^lStay yourselves, and wonder; ⁵cry ye out, and cry: they ^mare drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

• l: Is. 1:2 , Is. 33:13 , Is. 33:14 , Is. 22:1 , Is. 22:2 , Ac. 13:41
• 5: Or, take your pleasure and riot. ch. 5.12; 22.12,13. , Is. 5:12 , Is. 22:12 , Is. 22:13
• m: Is. 29:10 , Is. 51:21 , Is. 6:10 , Is. 6:11 , Is. 19:14 , Is. 28:7 - 13 , Ps. 69:22

10 ⁿFor the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath ^oclosed your eyes: the prophets and your ⁶rulers, the ^pseers hath he covered.

• n: Ro. 11:8 , Ps. 69:23 , 2Th. 2:10 - 12 , Is. 66:4 , Is. 8:14 , Is. 28:8 , Is. 28:9 , Is. 28:21 , Mat. 13:14 , Mat. 11:25 , Jn. 12:40 , Ac. 13:40 , Ac. 13:41 , Ac. 28:25 , Ac. 28:26 , Mat. 15:9 , Mat. 15:15 , Mat. 23:16 , Jn. 9:39 , Jn. 9:40 , Mi. 3:6 , Mi. 3:7 , Is. 29:14
• o: Is. 6:10
• 6: Heb. heads. ch. 1.5; 3.2. Je. 26.8. , Is. 1:5 , Is. 3:2 , Je. 26:8
• p: 1Sa. 9:9 , Is. 30:9

11 ^qAnd the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a ⁷book that is ^rsealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

• q: 2Co. 3:14 , 2Co. 3:15
• 7: Or, letter.
• r: Is. 8:16 , Re. 5:1 - 9 , Da. 12:4 , Da. 12:9 , Mat. 11:25 , Mat. 13:11 , Mat. 16:17

12 And the book is delivered to him that is ^snot learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

• s: Is. 27:11 , Is. 28:8 - 13 , Ho. 4:6 , Jn. 7:15

13 ¶Wherefore the Lord said, ^t*Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

• t: Mat. 15:6 - 9 , Mat. 6:5 , Mat. 7:23 , Mat. 23:14 , Mat. 23:23 , Mat. 5:20 , Mar. 7:6 , Mar. 7:7 , Is. 48:1 , Is. 48:2 , Is. 58:2 , Is. 58:3 , Je. 12:2 , Eze. 33:31 , Eze. 33:32 , Is. 1:11 - 15 , Col. 2:22 , Ho. 5:11 , Ho. 10:2
• *: Forasmuch-since, seeing that.

14 Therefore, ^ubehold, ⁸I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: ^vfor the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

• u: Hab. 1:5 , 1:2 , Is. 29:9
• 8: Heb. I will add.
• v: Is. 29:10 , Je. 49:7 , Ob. vs. 8 , 1Co. 1:19 , Ro. 1:21 , Ro. 1:22 , Mat. 11:25 , Is. 19:14

15 Woe unto them that ^wseek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

• w: Is. 30:1 , Re. 2:24 , Eze. 8:12 , Eze. 9:9 , Job 22:13 , Job 22:14 , Ps. 10:11 , Ps. 10:13 , Ps. 64:5 , Ps. 94:7 , Ps. 139:7

16 Surely ^xyour turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

• x: Is. 31:2 , Is. 45:9 , Je. 18:6 , Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 , Ps. 33:10 , Ps. 33:11 , Is. 44:25 , Is. 45:9 , Eze. 16:34 , Ro. 9:20

17 Is it not yet a ^yvery little while, and ^zLebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

• y: Hab. 2:3 , He. 10:37 , Ps. 102:13 , Lu. 18:8
• z: Is. 32:15 , Is. 10:34 , Is. 11:10 , Is. 55:5 , Is. 35:1 - 10 , Is. 43:19 , Is. 43:20 , Mat. 8:11 , Mat. 8:12 , Mat. 19:30 , Ro. 11:11 - 17 , Is. 29:18 - 24 , Ju. 6:37

18 ¶And ^ain that day ^bshall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

• a: Is. 2:11
• b: Is. 35:5 , Is. 42:6 , Is. 42:7 , Is. 42:16 - 18 , Is. 48:17 , Is. 54:13 , Is. 49:6 , Is. 61:1 , Ep. 1:17 - 19 , Mat. 11:5 , Mat. 13:11 , Lu. 4:18 , Lu. 7:22 , Ac. 26:18 , Is. 29:10 - 12

19 ^cThe meek also ⁹shall increase their joy in the LORD, and ^dthe poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

• c: Is. 61:1 , Is. 61:10 , Jn. 15:11 , Phi. 3:3 , Phi. 4:4 , 1Pe. 1:6 , 1Pe. 1:8 , Ps. 9:18 , Ps. 10:14 , Ps. 10:17 , Ps. 10:18 , Ps. 12:5 , Mat. 5:3 , Mat. 5:5 , Mat. 11:5 , 1Co. 1:26 - 29
• 9: Heb. shall add.
• d: Ja. 2:5

20 For ^ethe terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and ^fall that watch for iniquity are cut off:

• e: Is. 29:5 , Is. 51:13 , Is. 25:4 , Is. 25:5 , Is. 5:19 , Is. 28:14 , Is. 28:22 , Re. 12:10 , Mar. 3:2 , Pr. 4:16 , Pr. 1:24 - 32 , 1Th. 2:15 , 1Th. 2:16
• f: Ps. 64:6 , Je. 20:10

21 That ^gmake a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that ^hreproveth in the gate, ⁱand turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

• g: Mat. 22:15 , Mat. 9:2 , Mat. 9:3 , Mat. 26:3 , Ac. 7:58
• h: Am. 5:10 , Is. 58:1 , Ho. 8:1 , Je. 20:8 , Eze. 3:17
• i: Am. 5:11 , Am. 5:12 , Mal. 3:5 , Pr. 28:21

22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who ^jredeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, ^kJacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

• j: Ge. 12:1 , Jos. 24:2 , Jos. 24:3 , Ne. 9:7 , Ne. 9:8
• k: Is. 54:4 , Isaiah 49 , Isaiah 60 - 62 , Isaiah 65 , Isaiah 66 , Zec. 8:20 - 23 , Ro. 11:11 - 32

23 But when he seeth ^lhis children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall ^msanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear ⁿthe God of Israel.

• l: Is. 45:11 , Is. 60:21 , Is. 19:25 , Ep. 2:8 , Ep. 2:10 , Ac. 11:18 , Ac. 26:18
• m: Ps. 45:11 , Ho. 3:5 , 1Pe. 4:11 , Mat. 6:9 , 2Co. 5:5
• n: Ex. 24:10 , Is. 41:17 , Is. 45:3 , Is. 48:1 , Lu. 1:68 , Ga. 6:16

24 ^oThey also that erred in spirit shall ¹⁰come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

• o: 1Co. 6:11 , Is. 28:7 , Is. 29:10 - 12 , Is. 29:18 , Is. 30:26 , Is. 11:9 , Is. 60:7 , Ep. 1:17 , Ep. 1:18 , Mat. 11:25 , Lu. 15:28 , Ac. 2:37 , Ac. 26:18 , 1Ti. 1:13
• 10: Heb. know understanding.