Isaiah 29:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ I will encamp against you like David,
    completely surround you with my forces
    and erect siege-works against you.
⁴ Then, as you lie prostrate, you will speak,
    and from the dust of the earth
    your words will come forth.
Your voice will rise from the ground
    like that of a ghost,
    and your words will whisper out of the dust.
⁵ But the vast throng of your enemies
    will be like fine dust,
and the horde of your ruthless foes
    will be like flying chaff.
Then suddenly, in an instant,