Isaiah 29:12

American Standard Version (1901)

and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee; and he saith, I am not learned.

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  • John 7:15-16 : 15 The Jews therefore marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
  • Isa 28:12-13 : 12 to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 Therefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
  • Isa 29:18 : 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.
  • Jer 5:4 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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    10For Jehovah hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, hath he covered.

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  • Isa 29:13-15
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    13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them] ;

    14therefore, 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.

    15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

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    18And 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.

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    5For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

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    9Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

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    11Nay, but by [men of] strange lips and with another tongue will he speak to this people;

    12to whom he said, This is the rest, give ye rest to him that is weary; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

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