Isaiah 29:11-12

29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation ¹  is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read ²  and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.” 29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ³  and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ⁴ 

[29:11]  ¹ tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[29:11]  ² tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”

[29:12]  ³ tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”

[29:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”