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Woe, ^(F1)Ariel, ^(F1)Ariel the city where David once ^(C1)camped! Add year to year, ^(F2)(C2)keep your feasts on schedule.

I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of grieving and ^(C1)mourning; And she will be like an ^(F1)Ariel to me.

I will ^(C1)camp against you ^(F1)encircling you, And I will set up siegeworks against you, And I will raise up battle towers against you.

Then you will ^(C1)be brought low; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a ^(F1)spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust.

But the multitude of your ^(F1)enemies will become like fine ^(C1)dust, And the multitude of the ^(C2)ruthless ones like the chaff which ^(F2)blows away; And it will happen ^(C3)instantly, suddenly.

From the LORD of armies you will be ^(C1)punished with ^(C2)thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

And the ^(C1)multitude of all the nations who wage war against ^(F1)Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a ^(C2)vision of the night.

It will be as when a hungry person dreams— And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his ^(F1)hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty person dreams— And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his ^(F1)thirst is not quenched. ^(C1)So will the multitude of all the nations be Who wage war against Mount Zion.