Isaiah 29:9–18

^9aAstonish yourselves and be astonished,

Blind yourselves and be blind;

They ^bbecome drunk, but not with wine;

They stagger, but not with strong drink.

¹⁰For Yahweh has poured over you a spirit of deep ^asleep;

He has ^bshut your eyes, the prophets;

And He has covered your heads, the seers.

¹¹The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed ^1abook, which when they give it to the one who ²is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

¹²Then the ¹book will be given to the one who ²does not know how to read a book, saying, “Please read this.” And he will say, “I ³do not know how to read a book.”

¹³Then the Lord said,

“Because ^athis people draw near with their mouth

And honor Me with their lips,

But they remove their hearts far from Me,

And their fear of Me is in the command of men learned by rote,

¹⁴Therefore behold, I will once again deal ^amarvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;

And ^bthe wisdom of their wise men will perish,

And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.”

¹⁵Woe to those who deeply ^ahide their counsel from Yahweh,

And whose ^bdeeds are done in a dark place,

And they say, “^cWho sees us?” or “Who knows us?”

¹⁶You turn things around!

Shall the potter be considered ¹as equal with the clay,

That ^awhat is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;

Or what is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”?

The Afflicted Will Rejoice

¹⁷Is it not yet just a little while

¹Before Lebanon will be turned into a ^afruitful orchard,

And the fruitful orchard will be counted as a forest?

¹⁸On that day the ^adeaf will hear ^bwords of a book,

And out of ¹darkness and thick darkness the ^ceyes of the blind will see.