6. The Lord All-Powerful will comewith thunder, earthquakes, and great noises,with storms, strong winds, and a fire that destroys.
7. Then all the nations that fight against Jerusalemwill be like a dream;all the nations that attack herwill be like a vision in the night.
8. They will be like a hungry man who dreams he is eating,but when he awakens, he is still hungry.They will be like a thirsty man who dreams he is drinking,but when he awakens, he is still weak and thirsty.It will be the same way with all the nationswho fight against Mount Zion.
9. Be surprised and amazed.Blind yourselves so that you cannot see.Become drunk, but not from wine.Trip and fall, but not from beer.
10. The Lord has made you go into a deep sleep.He has closed your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.)He has covered your heads. (The seers are your heads.)
11. This vision is like the words of a book that is closed and sealed. You may give the book to someone who can read and tell that person to read it. But he will say, “I can’t read the book, because it is sealed.”
12. Or you may give the book to someone who cannot read and tell him to read it. But he will say, “I don’t know how to read.”
13. The Lord says:“These people worship me with their mouths,and honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.Their worship is based onnothing but human rules.
14. So I will continue to amaze these peopleby doing more and more miracles.Their wise men will lose their wisdom;their wise men will not be able to understand.”