Isaiah 29:9

Translations

Modern

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

Traditional

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

Literal

Pause and be astonished, blind yourselves and be blinded; be drunk, not from wine; stagger, not from strong drink!

Latin

Obstupescite et admiramini; fluctuate et vacillate; inebriamini, et non a vino; movemini, et non ab ebrietate.

Original

Hebrew

English

Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.

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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Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

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Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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