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Isaiah 29:11
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The Blindness of Disobedience

9 Pause and wonder!
Blind yourselves and be blind!
aThey are drunk, bbut not with wine;
They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink. 
10 For athe Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has bclosed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, cthe seers.  
11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a1 book athat is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” bAnd he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”  
12 Then the book is delivered to one who1 is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I am not literate.”  
13 Therefore the Lord said:
a“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me bwith their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, 
14 aTherefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people,
A marvelous work and a wonder;
bFor the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.” 
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Isaiah 29:11

And the vision of all - The vision of all the prophets; that is, all the revelations which God has made to you (see the note at Isaiah 1:1). The prophet refers not only to his own communications, but to those of his contemporaries, and of all who had gone before him. The sense is, that although they had the communications which God had made to them, yet they did not understand them. They were as ignorant of their true nature as a man who can read is of the contents of a letter that is sealed up, or as a man who cannot read is of the contents of a book that is handed to him.

As the words of a book - Margin, ' Letter.' The word sêpher may mean either. It properly means anything which is "written" (Deuteronomy 24:1, Deuteronomy 24:3; Jeremiah 32:11; Daniel 1:4), but is commonly applied to a book Exodus 17:14; Joshua 1:8; Joshua 8:34; Psalms 40:8.

That is sealed - (see the note at Isaiah 8:16).




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 29:11:

Daniel 1:4
Daniel 9:24

 

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