Isaiah 29:14

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Summary

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.

I will

For the wisdom

General references

Bible References

I will

Be delayed and wait,

Blind yourselves and be blind;
They become drunk, but not with wine,
They stagger, but not with strong drink.

For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon,
To do His task, His

unusual task,

And to work His work, His extraordinary work.

“Look among the nations! Observe!
Be astonished! Wonder!
Because I am doing something in your days—
You would not believe if you were told.

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from.”

For the wisdom

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

“Even the stork in the sky

Knows her seasons;

And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.

Concerning Edom.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman?
Has good counsel been lost to the prudent?
Has their wisdom decayed?

“Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,
“Destroy wise men from Edom
And understanding from the mountain of Esau?

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”

saying,
‘Go to this people and say,
“

You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;

And

you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is the one who catches the wise in their craftiness”;

General references

“For they are a nation lacking in counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed.”

For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”