Isaiah 29:4

You will be brought down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust. 1 Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper. 1

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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

3I will encamp against you in a circle 1 and will lay siege against you with a palisade, and I will raise siege works against you. 1

5The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away. 1 It will happen suddenly, in an instant. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 2:11The lofty gaze of man will be brought low, and the pride of men will be brought down, 1 and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day. 1

Isaiah 8:19They will say to you, “Consult with the mediums and spiritists,” those who chirp and mutter incantations. But should a people not consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Lamentations 1:9She has become unclean beneath her skirts. She did not think about her future. 1 Her fall was terrible. There was no one to comfort her. 1 She cried out, “Look at my affliction, Yahweh, for the enemy has become too great!” 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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