Isaiah 29:11-19

English Standard Version

¹¹And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is ^(A)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 ^(B)this people ^(C)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, ^(D)I will again
    do wonderful things with this people,
    with wonder upon wonder;
and ^(E)the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,
    and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”

¹⁵Ah, ^(F)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
    whose deeds are ^(G)in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
¹⁶^(H)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
    ^(I)until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
¹⁸In that day ^(J)the deaf shall hear
    ^(K)the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
    ^(L)the eyes of the blind shall see.
¹⁹^(M)The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
    and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.