Isaiah 29:12

Translations

Modern

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Traditional

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Literal

And the book is given to one who does not know a book, saying, “Read this now! And he says, “I do not know a book.”

Latin

Et dabitur liber nescienti litteras, diceturque ei: Lege; et respondebit: Nescio litteras.

Original

Hebrew

English

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

Notes

Isaiah 29:8–12

Jerusalem’s blindness kept its people from understanding God’s plan.

Here, blindness does not mean physical blindness. It means spiritual blindness. The people could see with their eyes, but they did not understand what God was doing.

Isaiah 29:1–14

This is the second of the six woes (Woe …).

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John 7:15–16
The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Isaiah 29:18
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Isaiah 28:12–13
…to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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