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Be surprised and amazed!
    You will become drunk, but not from wine.
Look and be amazed!
    You will stumble and fall, but not from beer.
10 The Lord will make you sleepy.
    He will close your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.)
    He will cover your heads. (The prophets are your heads.)

11 To you my words are like the words in a book that is closed and sealed.[a] You can give the book to someone who can read and tell that person to read it. But that person will say, “I cannot read the book. It is closed and I cannot open it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:11 sealed A piece of clay or wax was put on the closed book to show that the book should not be opened.

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