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

Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk, but not with wine;
they stagger, but not with beer.

For the Lord will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim.
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,
to do His work, His strange work,
and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

Look at the nations

and observe—

be utterly astounded!
For something is taking place in your days
that you will not believe
when you hear about it.

We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where He’s from!”

For the wisdom

For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to sleep;
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.

And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.

He traps the wise in their craftiness
so that the plans of the deceptive
are quickly brought to an end.

Even the stork in the sky
knows her seasons.
The turtledove, swallow, and crane
are aware of their migration,
but My people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.

About Edom, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away?

In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom
and those who understand
from the hill country of Esau?

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

when He said,

Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;

General references

Israel is a nation lacking sense
with no understanding at all.

He leads counselors away barefoot
and makes judges go mad.

But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

For it is written:

I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and I will set aside the understanding of the experts.