For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, ‘I can’t read it, because it is sealed.’
Isaiah 29:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it, he will say, ‘I can’t read.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read. American Standard Version (1901) and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned. Common English Bible And when the scroll is given to one who can’t read, saying, “Read this,” that one will say, “I can’t read.” Catholic Public Domain Version But if the book is given to someone who does not know how to read, and it is said to him, "Read," then he will respond, "I do not know how to read." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the book shall be given to one that knoweth no letters, and it shall be said to him: Read. And he shall answer: I know no letters. |
For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, ‘I can’t read it, because it is sealed.’
The Lord said: These people approach me with their speeches to honour me with lip-service, yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.