Discovery BoxIsaiah 29:11 
Context29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation 1 is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read 2 and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.”
Isaiah 29:18
Context29:18 At that time 3 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. 4
Isaiah 59:4
Context59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 5
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 6 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 7
and give birth to sin.
1 tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”
3 tn Or “In that day” (KJV).
4 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).
5 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
6 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
7 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”
