Isaiah 29:11

29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”

Isaiah 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand.

For I know that you are very deceitful;

you were labeled a rebel from birth.


tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”

tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).