Isaiah 29:9-14

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⁹Be stunned and amazed,^(A)
    blind yourselves and be sightless;^(B)
be drunk,^(C) but not from wine,^(D)
    stagger,^(E) but not from beer.
¹⁰The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:^(F)
    He has sealed your eyes^(G) (the prophets);^(H)
    he has covered your heads (the seers).^(I)

¹¹For you this whole vision^(J) is nothing but words sealed^(K) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” ¹²Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”

¹³The Lord says:

“These people^(L) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,^(M)
    but their hearts are far from me.^(N)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.^[a]^(O)
¹⁴Therefore once more I will astound these people
    with wonder upon wonder;^(P)
the wisdom of the wise^(Q) will perish,
    the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish.^(R)”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

Jeremiah 14:13-14

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¹³But I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets^(A) keep telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine.^(B) Indeed, I will give you lasting peace^(C) in this place.’”

¹⁴Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies^(D) in my name. I have not sent^(E) them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,^(F) divinations,^(G) idolatries^[a] and the delusions of their own minds.