Yeshayahu (Isaiah) — Perek 29

The siege and sudden deliverance of Ariel (Yerushalayim), the sealed book, and the spiritual reversal of the deaf and blind.

Woe to Ariel (Yerushalayim), the city where David encamped, which will be besieged and brought low to speak from the dust, only for its enemy hordes to be blown away like fine chaff in an instant. The people suffer from spiritual blindness, treating prophecy like a sealed book that neither the literate nor illiterate can read, offering lip service while their hearts are far. Yet soon, Lebanon will become a fruitful orchard, and the deaf and blind will perceive the Torah.

• The siege and distress of Ariel followed by the sudden vanishing of foes
• Spiritual slumber and prophecy compared to a sealed book
• Hypocritical lip service rebuked: hearts far from Hashem
• Woe to those who hide their counsels in the dark from their Maker
• The deaf hearing the words of the book and the blind seeing light