Isaiah 29:9-24

English Standard Version

⁹Astonish yourselves^[a] and be astonished;
    blind yourselves and be blind!
Be drunk,^[b] but not with wine;
    ^(A)stagger,^[c] but not with strong drink!
¹⁰^(B)For the Lord has poured out upon you
    a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
    and covered your heads (the seers).

¹¹And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is ^(C)sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” ¹²And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”

¹³And the Lord said:
“Because ^(D)this people ^(E)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,
¹⁴therefore, behold, ^(F)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and ^(G)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

¹⁵Ah, ^(H)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are ^(I)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
¹⁶^(J)You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
    “He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
    “He has no understanding”?

¹⁷Is it not yet a very little while
    ^(K)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
¹⁸In that day ^(L)the deaf shall hear
    ^(M)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    ^(N)the eyes of the blind shall see.
¹⁹^(O)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.
²⁰For the ruthless shall come to nothing
    and ^(P)the scoffer cease,
    and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,
²¹who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
    and ^(Q)lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
    and with an empty plea ^(R)turn aside him who is in the right.

²²Therefore thus says the Lord, ^(S)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob shall no more be ashamed,
    no more shall his face grow pale.
²³For when he sees his children,
    ^(T)the work of my hands, in his midst,
    they will sanctify my name;
^(U)they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob
    and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
²⁴And those ^(V)who go astray in spirit will come to understanding,
    and those who murmur will accept instruction.”