Isaiah 29:4

And thou shalt be brought low, and shalt speak me'eretz (out of the ground), 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar, 1 and thy voice shall be, like an ov (mediumʼs that has a familiar spirit), out of the ground, 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And 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 whisper out of the dust.

In Context

3And I will besiege thee all around, 1 and will lay siege against thee with towers, 1 and I will raise metzurot (siegeworks) against thee. 1

5Moreover the multitude of thy foes shall be like fine dust, 1 and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as motz (chaff) that in passing bloweth away; indeed, 1 it shall be at an instant suddenly. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of adam shall be humbled, 1 and the haughtiness of anashim shall be brought low, 1 and Hashem alone shall be exalted in Yom Hahu. 1

Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto mediums that have familiar spirits, and unto spiritists that whisper, and that mutter: should not Am seek unto Elohav? Should they consult the mesim (dead ones) for the benefit of the chayyim (living)?

Lamentations 1:9Her filthiness is in her skirts; 1 she remembereth not her latter end; 1 therefore she sank appallingly; 1 she had no Menachem (comforter). 1 O Hashem, behold my affliction; 1 for the enemy hath triumphed. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:2-9

The Punishment of Ariel. ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. 4 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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