Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 29:9-16

9StopH4102 and be astonishedH8539; blind yourselvesH8173 and be sightlessH8173; be drunkH7937, but notH3808 with wineH3196; staggerH5128, but notH3808 from strong drinkH7941.10ForH3588 the LORDH3068 has poured outH5258 on youH5921 a spiritH7307 of deep sleepH8639. He has shutH6105 your eyesH5869 , O prophetsH5030 ; He has coveredH3680 your headsH7218, O seersH2374.

11And the entireH3605 visionH2380 will beH1961 to you like the wordsH1697 sealedH2856 in a scrollH5612. If itH834 is handedH5414 toH413 someone to readH3045 H5612 H559 H7121 H4994 H2088, he will sayH559, “I cannotH3808 H3201, becauseH3588 itH1931 is sealedH2856.” 12Or if the scrollH5612 is handedH5414 toH5921 oneH834 unableH3808 to readH3045 H5612 H559 H7121 H4994 H2088, he will sayH559, “I cannot readH3808 H3045 H5612.”

13ThereforeH3282 H3588 the LordH136 saidH559:

“TheseH2088 peopleH5971 draw near to MeH5066 with their mouthsH6310and honor MeH3513 with their lipsH8193,but their heartsH3820 are farH7368 from MeH4480.Their worshipH3374 of MeH853 is butH1961 rulesH4687 taughtH3925 by menH582.114ThereforeH3651 H2005 I will againH3254 confoundH6381 theseH2088 peopleH5971with wonderH6381 upon wonderH6382.The wisdomH2451 of the wiseH2450 will vanishH6,and the intelligenceH998 of the intelligentH995 will be hiddenH5641.2”

15WoeH1945 to those who dig deepH6009to hideH5641 their plansH6098 H1961 from the LORDH3068.In darknessH4285 they do their worksH4639 and sayH559,“WhoH4310 sees usH7200, and whoH4310 will knowH3045?”16You have turned things upside downH2017,as ifH518 the potterH3335 were regardedH2803 as clayH2563.ShallH3588 what is formedH4639 sayH559 to him who formed itH6213,“He did notH3808 make meH6213”?3Can the potteryH3336 sayH559 of the potterH3335,“He has noH3808 understandingH995”?

Notes

1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; LXX They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men. Cited in Matthew 15:8–9 and Mark 7:6–7 ↩
2. Isaiah 29:14 Hebrew; LXX I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the intelligence of the intelligent. Cited in 1 Corinthians 1:19 ↩
3. Isaiah 29:16 Cited in Romans 9:20 ↩