Isaiah 29:11

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.”

Isaiah 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ³ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ⁴ 

you were labeled ⁵  a rebel from birth.

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

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

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ⁵ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).