Isaiah 29:9-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,^[a] but not with wine;
they stagger,^[b] but not with beer.^(A)
¹⁰For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to^[c] sleep;^(B)
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.^(C)

¹¹For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.^(D) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,^[d] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” ¹²And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,^[e] he will say, “I can’t read.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 29:9 LXX, Tg, Vg read Be drunk
Isaiah 29:9 Tg, Vg read wine; stagger
Isaiah 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
Isaiah 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
Isaiah 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”