All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, *Read this, please;* and he says, *I can't, for it is sealed:*
Isaiah 29:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying, *Read this, please;* and he says, *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. |
All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, *Read this, please;* and he says, *I can't, for it is sealed:*
The Lord said, *Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a mitzvah of men which has been taught;
In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no Kohen to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.