Stand still and wonder. Refuse to see and be blind. Get drunk and stagger, but not from wine. Jehovah has made you drowsy. He shut your eyes in a deep sleep you prophets and visionaries. He overwhelmed your leaders. His message is like a sealed book to you. You say to someone read this out loud. And they respond, We cannot read it, because it is sealed. read more.
The illiterate say: We cannot read it because we do not know how to read. These people praise me with their words, said Jehovah, but they never draw near to me in their hearts (deepest thoughts). Their reverence for me comes from the repetitious tradition of men. I will do things that shock and amaze them. I will destroy the wisdom of those who claim to know and understand (discern). You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from Jehovah! You think what you do in the dark cannot be seen. So you ask: Who sees us, who knows us? You have it all backwards. A clay dish does not say to the potter, You did not make me. And should the one made say to the maker, You do not understand? Soon the forest of Lebanon will become a fertile field thick with trees.