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Isaiah 29:11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Isaiah 29:11

Verse 11 of 24

Scripture focus

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:

Isaiah 29:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 29:11

Theological / Devotional

The vision of all. That is, all that Isaiah had spoken to them.

A book that is sealed. In ancient times documents were commonly rolled up and sealed (see on Neh. 9:38; see also illustration facing p. 80, Vol. III). Isaiah’s solemn messages proved to be of no more value to the people of Jerusalem than if the prophet had written them out and sealed them up so that their message could not be read.

Unbelief and disobedience had shut away Heaven’s light as effectively as if it had never been revealed. To men who refuse to study it or who refuse to believe its solemn warnings, the Bible is a sealed book. The prophets have given the world inspired messages of light and hope, but today, as then, the world walks on in darkness because it refuses to see (see on Hosea 4:6).

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