So this entire vision is for you like the words of a sealed scroll, which they give to one who knows books, saying, “Read this, please,” but he says, “I can’t, because it’s sealed.”
Isaiah 29:12 - Tree of Life Version Then the scroll is given to one who does not know books, saying, “Read this, please,” but he says, “I don’t know books.” 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. |
So this entire vision is for you like the words of a sealed scroll, which they give to one who knows books, saying, “Read this, please,” but he says, “I can’t, because it’s sealed.”
So Adonai says, “Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, yet their hearts are far from Me, and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.
In that day the deaf will hear words of a book, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Then I said: These are only the poor. They are foolish. For they do not know the way of Adonai, the ordinance of their God.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.