Isaiah 29:11

29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”

Isaiah 29:18

29:18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll,

and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

Isaiah 59:4

59:4 No one is concerned about justice;

no one sets forth his case truthfully.

They depend on false words and tell lies;

they conceive of oppression

and give birth to sin.


tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”

tn Or “In that day” (KJV).

tn Heb “and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.”

sn Perhaps this depicts the spiritual transformation of the once spiritually insensitive nation (see vv. 10-12, cf. also 6:9-10).

tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”

tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”

tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”