Isaiah 29 prophecies God's judgement on Jerusalem which is called "Ariel" which means 'Lion of God' - i.e. as the capital of the tribe of Judah. God communicates through Isaiah that Jerusalem/Ariel with be besieged and "brought low, you will speak from the ground". However God says that he will deliver Judah from this enemy and "your enemies will become like fine dust". But God goes on to call the Judeans spiritually blind and drunk unable to understand divine revelation because "he has sealed your eyes and covered your heads". He goes on to say that the people are hypocrites who "come near me with their mouth and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me". Then the chapter concludes predicting future restoration when "in that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll... and the eyes of the blind will see... no longer will Jacob be ashamed... and they will keep my name holy".
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