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Isaiah 29:14

Wisdom

12 Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

13 Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”

15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

16 You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
KJV
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.
WEB
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”
ASV
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
DARBY
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid.
BLB
Therefore behold, I am adding to do a marvellous work with this people, and [by] a wonder making wonders, so will perish, the wisdom of its wise, and the understanding of its discerning will be hidden.
ÅB
se, derfor vil jeg bli ved å gå underlig fram mot dette folk, underlig og forunderlig, og dets vismenns visdom skal forgå, og dets forstandige menns forstand skal skjule seg.
OTB
Derfor, se, jeg vil igjen gjøre et underfullt verk blant dette folket, et vidunderlig verk; de vises visdom skal gå til grunne, og de klokes forståelse skal bli skjult.”
B1930
se, derfor vil jeg bli ved å gå underlig frem mot dette folk, underlig og forunderlig, og dets vismenns visdom skal forgå, og dets forstandige menns forstand skal skjule sig.

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Cross references

  • Habakkuk 1:5

    “Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:19–24

    For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

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  • Isaiah 28:21

    For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

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  • Jeremiah 49:7

    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

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  • John 9:39–41

    Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

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  • Isaiah 6:9–10

    And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

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  • Obadiah 1:8

    In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

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  • Luke 10:24

    For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

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