¹² Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”

⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?^(A)

⁶ So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:

¹⁹ He said: “I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath,^(A) because the vision concerns the appointed time^(B) of the end.^[a](C)

¹⁸ Is it not enough^(A) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?^(B) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?