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:
All of these visions have become like a sealed book to you. When people give it to someone who can read and say, 'Please read this,' he replies, 'I can't read it because it's sealed shut.'
The writer is saying that God's messages have become completely incomprehensible to the people, like a book that's locked up and can't be opened even by educated readers.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was speaking to the people of Judah who had become spiritually blind and deaf to God's warnings about coming judgment. Despite having access to God's word through prophets and teachers, they had hardened their hearts and could no longer understand spiritual truth, even when delivered by learned religious leaders.
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