Isaiah 29:10–13

10 For the Lord has poured out on you

an overwhelming urge toB sleep;i

he has shut your eyes (the prophets)

and covered your heads (the seers).k

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

13 The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speechesm

to honor me with lip-service,E

yet their hearts are far from me,

and human rules direct their worship of me.F

B	Lit you a spirit of
i	Ps 69:23 Is 6:9–10 Mic 3:6
k	Ro 11:8
l	Is 8:16 Da 12:4 Da 12:9 Mt 13:11 Re 5:1
C	Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
D	Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”
m	Eze 33:31 Mt 15:8–9 Mk 7:6–7
E	Lit their mouth and honor me with its lips
F	Lit their fearing of me is a taught command of men