Isaiah 29:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.

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  • John 7:15-16 : 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, How does this man know letters, having never studied? 16 Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
  • Isa 28:12-13 : 12 To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might 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 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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    10For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.

    11And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.

  • Isa 29:13-15
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    13Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

    14Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.

    15Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

  • Isa 6:9
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    9And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.

  • Isa 50:4-5
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    4The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned.

    5The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away back.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

  • Isa 29:18
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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 you are not sent to a people of a strange language and hard speech, but to the house of Israel;

    6Not to many people of a strange language and hard speech, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you.

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    20Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.

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    26saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

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    9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

    10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

    11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

    12To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

    13But the word of the LORD was to them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

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    18Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understands, he will not respond.

  • Matt 13:14
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    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive.

  • Luke 4:17
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    17And there was handed to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

  • Deut 30:12-13
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    12It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

    13Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

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    16Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:

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    10And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

  • Jer 6:10
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    10To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.

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    9And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent to me; and, look, a scroll of a book was in it;

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    12Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perishes and is burned up like a wilderness, that no one passes through?

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    14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no responses.

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    15And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

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  • Prov 30:3
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    3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy One.

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    6Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

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    18They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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    19Because they have not heeded my words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you would not hear, says the LORD.

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    18Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

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    15Hear, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken.

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  • Deut 17:19
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