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yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but
not with strong drink.
10
For the L
ORD
hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath
closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
11
And the vision of all
is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which
men
deliver to one that is learned,
saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it
is
sealed:
12
And the book is delivered
to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near
me
with their mouth, and with
their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is
taught by the precept of men:
14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among
this people,
even
a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
men
shall perish,
and the understanding of their prudent
men
shall be hid.
15
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide
their counsel from the L
ORD
, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who
knoweth us?
16
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay:
for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him
that framed it, He had no understanding?
17
Is
it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be
turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see
out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
19
The meek also shall increase
their
joy in the L
ORD
, and the
poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20
For the terrible one is brought to nought,
and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
21
That make a man an
offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a
thing of nought.
22
Therefore thus saith the L
ORD
, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house
of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
23
But when he
seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and
sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
24
They also that erred in spirit
shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
CHAPTER 30
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the L
ORD
, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with
a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2
That walk to go down into Egypt,
and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust
in the shadow of Egypt!
3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in
the shadow of Egypt
your
confusion.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
5
They were all ashamed of a people
that
could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit,
but a shame, and also a reproach.
6
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble
and anguish, from whence
come
the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they
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