¹⁸ In that day^(A) the deaf^(B) will hear the words of the scroll,
    and out of gloom and darkness^(C)
    the eyes of the blind will see.^(D)

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

⁴ I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,^(A)
for they do not know^(B) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.

¹² to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;^(A)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.
¹³ So then, the word of the Lord to them will become:
    Do this, do that,
    a rule for this, a rule for that;
    a little here, a little there^(B)—
so that as they go they will fall backward;
    they will be injured^(C) and snared and captured.^(D)