Isaiah 29:12

New English Translation

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.”

Cross References

Isaiah 29:11

To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”

Isaiah 29:13

The sovereign master says, “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

Isaiah 29:18

At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Isaiah 8:16

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

Jeremiah 5:4

I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.

Hosea 4:6

You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.