He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.(A)

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Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,[a] but not with wine;
they stagger,[b] but not with beer.(A)
10 For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to[c] sleep;(B)
he has shut your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(C)

11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(D) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[d] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[e] he will say, “I can’t read.”

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Footnotes

  1. 29:9 LXX, Tg, Vg read Be drunk
  2. 29:9 Tg, Vg read wine; stagger
  3. 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
  4. 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
  5. 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”

Then they will cry out(A) to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.
He will hide his face from them at that time(B)
because of the crimes they have committed.

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