Isaiah 29:11
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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:And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
In other translations
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:And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
Hebrew words
וַתְּהִיvatehiand it has becomeH1961לָכֶםlakhemfor youחָזוּתchazut[the] vision ofH2380הַכֹּלhakolthe wholeH3605כְּדִבְרֵיkedivreilike [the] words ofH1697הַסֵּפֶרhaseferthe scrollH5612הֶחָתוּםhechatum<the> sealedH2856אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יִתְּנוּyitenupeople giveH5414אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> itH853אֶל־'el-toH413יוֹדֵעַyodea'[one who] knowsH3045סֵפֶרseferwritingH5612לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559קְרָאkera'read aloudH7121נָא־na'-pleaseH4994זֶהzehthisH2088וְאָמַרve'amarand he saysH559לֹאlo'notH3808אוּכַל'ukhalI am ableH3201כִּיkiforH3588חָתוּםchatum[is] sealedH2856הוּא׃hu'itH1931
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