11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(A) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,(a) he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,(b) he will say, “I can’t read.”

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 29:11: Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
b. Isaiah 29:12: Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”

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