11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

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11 For you this whole vision(A) is nothing but words sealed(B) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.”

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11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a [a]book (A)that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”

(B)And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

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  1. Isaiah 29:11 scroll

12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

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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.”

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12 Then the book is delivered to one who [a]is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.”

And he says, “I am not literate.”

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  1. Isaiah 29:12 Lit. does not know books