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Isaiah 29:14

Wisdom

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:

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 LORD, 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?

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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

    Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:19–24

    For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

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  • Isaiah 28:21

    For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

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  • Jeremiah 49:7

    Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

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  • John 9:39–41

    And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

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  • Isaiah 6:9–10

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

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  • Obadiah 1:8

    Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

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  • Luke 10:24

    For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

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