Isaiah 29:9–14

⁹If you confuse yourselves, you will be confused. 

If you blind yourselves, you will be blinded. 

You are drunk, but not from wine. 

You stagger, but not from liquor. 

¹⁰The Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. 

He will shut your eyes. (Your eyes are the prophets.) 

He will cover your heads. (Your heads are the seers.^b) 

¹¹To you all these visions will be like words in a book that is closed and sealed. You give this book to someone who can read, saying, “Please read this.” 

He answers, “I can’t read it. It’s sealed.” 

¹²Then you give the book to someone who can’t read, saying, “Please read this.” 

He answers, “I can’t read.” 

¹³The Lord says, 

“These people worship me with their mouths 

and honor me with their lips. 

But their hearts are far from me, 

and their worship of me is ⸤based on⸥ rules made by humans. 

¹⁴That is why I am going to do something completely amazing 

for these people once again. 

The wisdom of their wise people will disappear. 

The intelligence of their intelligent people will be hidden.”