Isaiah 29:11 What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I ...

29:11 MSG

逐节对照

The Message - What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I can’t. The envelope is sealed.” And if you give it to someone who can’t read and tell him, “Read this,” he’ll say, “I can’t read.” * * *
新标点和合本 - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所有的默示，在你们看来都如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为它封住了。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所有的默示，在你们看来都如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为它封住了。”
当代译本 - 对你们而言，这整个启示都好像封了印的书卷。你们把书卷交给识字的人读，他会说：“我不能读，这书卷是封着的。”
圣经新译本 - 对你们来说，整个异象就像密封的书卷的话，人把这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他必回答：“我不能念，因为它是密封的。”
中文标准译本 - 整个异象对你们就如封住的书卷里的话。如果把这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请你读一读”，他必说：“我不能，因为它是封住的”；
现代标点和合本 - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷。人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧。”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
和合本（拼音版） - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
New International Version - For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.”
New International Reader's Version - For you, this whole vision is like words that are sealed up in a scroll. Suppose you give it to someone who can read. And suppose you say, “Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer, “I can’t. It’s sealed up.”
English Standard Version - And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
New Living Translation - All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it because it is sealed.”
Christian Standard Bible - For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”
New American Standard Bible - The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
New King James Version - The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Amplified Bible - The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
American Standard Version - And all vision 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:
King James Version - 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:
New English Translation - 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.”
World English Bible - All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed;”
新標點和合本 - 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所有的默示，在你們看來都如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為它封住了。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所有的默示，在你們看來都如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為它封住了。」
當代譯本 - 對你們而言，這整個啟示都好像封了印的書卷。你們把書卷交給識字的人讀，他會說：「我不能讀，這書卷是封著的。」
聖經新譯本 - 對你們來說，整個異象就像密封的書卷的話，人把這書卷交給識字的，說：“請念吧！”他必回答：“我不能念，因為它是密封的。”
呂振中譯本 - 這一切異象在你們看就如封住的書卷的話。人將這卷書交給識字的，說：『請念吧！』他說：『我不能念，因為是封住着。』
中文標準譯本 - 整個異象對你們就如封住的書卷裡的話。如果把這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請你讀一讀」，他必說：「我不能，因為它是封住的」；
現代標點和合本 - 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷。人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧。」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」
文理和合譯本 - 所有啟示、於爾則為緘封之書、或付於識字者曰、請讀之、曰、不能、緘封故也、
文理委辦譯本 - 我傳默示、若已緘之函、使識文字者讀之、彼必曰、緘封之書、其何能讀、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此爾以諸默示、視如封緘之書、若付於識字者、曰、請讀此書、必對曰、我不能讀、蓋書封緘、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Para ustedes, toda esta visión no es otra cosa que palabras en un rollo de pergamino sellado. Si le dan el rollo a alguien que sepa leer, y le dicen: «Lea esto, por favor», este responderá: «No puedo hacerlo; está sellado».
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 모든 예언적인 계시가 너희에게는 봉해진 책과 같을 것이다. 그것을 유식한 자에게 주어 읽어 보라고 해도 그것이 봉해졌으므로 그는 읽을 수 없다고 대답할 것이며
Новый Русский Перевод - Все это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и скажете: «Пожалуйста, прочти его», то он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Toute cette révélation est devenue pour vous comme les mots écrits sur un rouleau scellé. Donnez-le à un homme qui a appris à lire en lui disant : « Lis cela, s’il te plaît », et il vous répondra : « Je ne peux pas le lire, le rouleau est scellé. »
リビングバイブル - 将来の出来事のいっさいは、彼らにとって封をされた書物同然になりました。ですから、いくら読解力のある人に渡しても、「読めません。封がしてありますから」と答えます。
Nova Versão Internacional - Para vocês toda esta visão não passa de palavras seladas num livro . E, se vocês derem o livro a alguém que saiba ler e lhe disserem: “Leia, por favor”, ele responderá: “Não posso; está lacrado”.
Hoffnung für alle - Darum ist nun jede Botschaft Gottes an euch wie eine versiegelte Schriftrolle. Zeigt man sie einem, der lesen kann, und bittet ihn vorzulesen, so sagt er: »Das geht nicht, es ist versiegelt!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả sự kiện về tương lai trong khải tượng này không khác gì những lời nói đã bị niêm phong trong sách. Khi ngươi đưa sách cho người biết đọc, họ sẽ nói: “Chúng tôi không đọc được vì sách đã niêm phong.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - นิมิตทั้งหมดนี้ไม่มีอะไรเลยสำหรับเจ้านอกจากเป็นถ้อยคำที่ถูกปิดผนึกไว้ในหนังสือม้วน และหากเจ้ายื่นหนังสือม้วนให้คนที่อ่านออกและบอกว่า “ช่วยอ่านให้หน่อย” เขาก็จะตอบว่า “อ่านไม่ได้ มันถูกปิดผนึกไว้”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และภาพนิมิตดังกล่าวนี้เป็นเสมือนคำพูดในหนังสือม้วนที่ถูกผนึก เมื่อมีคนมอบหนังสือนี้ให้แก่คนที่อ่านออก และบอกว่า “อ่านสิ” เขาจะตอบว่า “ข้าพเจ้าอ่านไม่ได้ เพราะมันถูกผนึกไว้”

交叉引用

Revelation 5:1 - I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One Seated on the Throne. It was written on both sides, fastened with seven seals. I also saw a powerful Angel, calling out in a voice like thunder, “Is there anyone who can open the scroll, who can break its seals?”
Revelation 5:3 - There was no one—no one in Heaven, no one on earth, no one from the underworld—able to break open the scroll and read it.
Revelation 5:4 - I wept and wept and wept that no one was found able to open the scroll, able to read it. One of the Elders said, “Don’t weep. Look—the Lion from Tribe Judah, the Root of David’s Tree, has conquered. He can open the scroll, can rip through the seven seals.”
Revelation 5:6 - So I looked, and there, surrounded by Throne, Animals, and Elders, was a Lamb, slaughtered but standing tall. Seven horns he had, and seven eyes, the Seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth. He came to the One Seated on the Throne and took the scroll from his right hand. The moment he took the scroll, the Four Animals and Twenty-four Elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb. Each had a harp and each had a bowl, a gold bowl filled with incense, the prayers of God’s holy people. And they sang a new song: Worthy! Take the scroll, open its seals. Slain! Paying in blood, you bought men and women, Bought them back from all over the earth, Bought them back for God. Then you made them a Kingdom, Priests for our God, Priest-kings to rule over the earth.
Revelation 6:1 - I watched while the Lamb ripped off the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the Animals roar, “Come out!” I looked—I saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow and was given a victory garland. He rode off victorious, conquering right and left.
Matthew 11:25 - Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”
Matthew 16:17 - Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
Daniel 12:9 - “‘Go on about your business, Daniel,’ he said. ‘The message is confidential and under lock and key until the end, until things are about to be wrapped up. The populace will be washed clean and made like new. But the wicked will just keep on being wicked, without a clue about what is happening. Those who live wisely and well will understand what’s going on.’ * * *
Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward a welcome awakening. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re blue in the face and not get it. I don’t want Isaiah’s forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing. The people are stupid! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.
Daniel 12:4 - “‘This is a confidential report, Daniel, for your eyes and ears only. Keep it secret. Put the book under lock and key until the end. In the interim there is going to be a lot of frantic running around, trying to figure out what’s going on.’ * * *
Isaiah 8:16 - Gather up the testimony, preserve the teaching for my followers, While I wait for God as long as he remains in hiding, while I wait and hope for him. I stand my ground and hope, I and the children God gave me as signs to Israel, Warning signs and hope signs from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, who makes his home in Mount Zion.

逐节对照

交叉引用

The Message - What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I can’t. The envelope is sealed.” And if you give it to someone who can’t read and tell him, “Read this,” he’ll say, “I can’t read.” * * *
新标点和合本 - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所有的默示，在你们看来都如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为它封住了。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所有的默示，在你们看来都如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为它封住了。”
当代译本 - 对你们而言，这整个启示都好像封了印的书卷。你们把书卷交给识字的人读，他会说：“我不能读，这书卷是封着的。”
圣经新译本 - 对你们来说，整个异象就像密封的书卷的话，人把这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他必回答：“我不能念，因为它是密封的。”
中文标准译本 - 整个异象对你们就如封住的书卷里的话。如果把这书卷交给识字的人，说：“请你读一读”，他必说：“我不能，因为它是封住的”；
现代标点和合本 - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷。人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧。”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
和合本（拼音版） - 所有的默示，你们看如封住的书卷，人将这书卷交给识字的，说：“请念吧！”他说：“我不能念，因为是封住了。”
New International Version - For you this whole vision is nothing but words sealed in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.”
New International Reader's Version - For you, this whole vision is like words that are sealed up in a scroll. Suppose you give it to someone who can read. And suppose you say, “Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer, “I can’t. It’s sealed up.”
English Standard Version - And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
New Living Translation - All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it because it is sealed.”
Christian Standard Bible - For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”
New American Standard Bible - The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which, when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, “Please read this,” he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
New King James Version - The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
Amplified Bible - The entire vision [of all these things] will be to you like the words of a scroll that is sealed, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Read this, please,” he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
American Standard Version - And all vision 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:
King James Version - 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:
New English Translation - 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.”
World English Bible - All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed;”
新標點和合本 - 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所有的默示，在你們看來都如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為它封住了。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所有的默示，在你們看來都如封住的書卷，人將這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請念吧！」他說：「我不能念，因為它封住了。」
當代譯本 - 對你們而言，這整個啟示都好像封了印的書卷。你們把書卷交給識字的人讀，他會說：「我不能讀，這書卷是封著的。」
聖經新譯本 - 對你們來說，整個異象就像密封的書卷的話，人把這書卷交給識字的，說：“請念吧！”他必回答：“我不能念，因為它是密封的。”
呂振中譯本 - 這一切異象在你們看就如封住的書卷的話。人將這卷書交給識字的，說：『請念吧！』他說：『我不能念，因為是封住着。』
中文標準譯本 - 整個異象對你們就如封住的書卷裡的話。如果把這書卷交給識字的人，說：「請你讀一讀」，他必說：「我不能，因為它是封住的」；
現代標點和合本 - 所有的默示，你們看如封住的書卷。人將這書卷交給識字的，說：「請念吧。」他說：「我不能念，因為是封住了。」
文理和合譯本 - 所有啟示、於爾則為緘封之書、或付於識字者曰、請讀之、曰、不能、緘封故也、
文理委辦譯本 - 我傳默示、若已緘之函、使識文字者讀之、彼必曰、緘封之書、其何能讀、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 緣此爾以諸默示、視如封緘之書、若付於識字者、曰、請讀此書、必對曰、我不能讀、蓋書封緘、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Para ustedes, toda esta visión no es otra cosa que palabras en un rollo de pergamino sellado. Si le dan el rollo a alguien que sepa leer, y le dicen: «Lea esto, por favor», este responderá: «No puedo hacerlo; está sellado».
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 모든 예언적인 계시가 너희에게는 봉해진 책과 같을 것이다. 그것을 유식한 자에게 주어 읽어 보라고 해도 그것이 봉해졌으므로 그는 읽을 수 없다고 대답할 것이며
Новый Русский Перевод - Все это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и скажете: «Пожалуйста, прочти его», то он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Всё это видение для вас – не более, чем слова в запечатанном свитке. Если вы дадите свиток тому, кто умеет читать, и попросите: «Пожалуйста, прочти его!» – он ответит: «Не могу, ведь он запечатан».
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Toute cette révélation est devenue pour vous comme les mots écrits sur un rouleau scellé. Donnez-le à un homme qui a appris à lire en lui disant : « Lis cela, s’il te plaît », et il vous répondra : « Je ne peux pas le lire, le rouleau est scellé. »
リビングバイブル - 将来の出来事のいっさいは、彼らにとって封をされた書物同然になりました。ですから、いくら読解力のある人に渡しても、「読めません。封がしてありますから」と答えます。
Nova Versão Internacional - Para vocês toda esta visão não passa de palavras seladas num livro . E, se vocês derem o livro a alguém que saiba ler e lhe disserem: “Leia, por favor”, ele responderá: “Não posso; está lacrado”.
Hoffnung für alle - Darum ist nun jede Botschaft Gottes an euch wie eine versiegelte Schriftrolle. Zeigt man sie einem, der lesen kann, und bittet ihn vorzulesen, so sagt er: »Das geht nicht, es ist versiegelt!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tất cả sự kiện về tương lai trong khải tượng này không khác gì những lời nói đã bị niêm phong trong sách. Khi ngươi đưa sách cho người biết đọc, họ sẽ nói: “Chúng tôi không đọc được vì sách đã niêm phong.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - นิมิตทั้งหมดนี้ไม่มีอะไรเลยสำหรับเจ้านอกจากเป็นถ้อยคำที่ถูกปิดผนึกไว้ในหนังสือม้วน และหากเจ้ายื่นหนังสือม้วนให้คนที่อ่านออกและบอกว่า “ช่วยอ่านให้หน่อย” เขาก็จะตอบว่า “อ่านไม่ได้ มันถูกปิดผนึกไว้”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และภาพนิมิตดังกล่าวนี้เป็นเสมือนคำพูดในหนังสือม้วนที่ถูกผนึก เมื่อมีคนมอบหนังสือนี้ให้แก่คนที่อ่านออก และบอกว่า “อ่านสิ” เขาจะตอบว่า “ข้าพเจ้าอ่านไม่ได้ เพราะมันถูกผนึกไว้”

Revelation 5:1 - I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One Seated on the Throne. It was written on both sides, fastened with seven seals. I also saw a powerful Angel, calling out in a voice like thunder, “Is there anyone who can open the scroll, who can break its seals?”
Revelation 5:3 - There was no one—no one in Heaven, no one on earth, no one from the underworld—able to break open the scroll and read it.
Revelation 5:4 - I wept and wept and wept that no one was found able to open the scroll, able to read it. One of the Elders said, “Don’t weep. Look—the Lion from Tribe Judah, the Root of David’s Tree, has conquered. He can open the scroll, can rip through the seven seals.”
Revelation 5:6 - So I looked, and there, surrounded by Throne, Animals, and Elders, was a Lamb, slaughtered but standing tall. Seven horns he had, and seven eyes, the Seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth. He came to the One Seated on the Throne and took the scroll from his right hand. The moment he took the scroll, the Four Animals and Twenty-four Elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb. Each had a harp and each had a bowl, a gold bowl filled with incense, the prayers of God’s holy people. And they sang a new song: Worthy! Take the scroll, open its seals. Slain! Paying in blood, you bought men and women, Bought them back from all over the earth, Bought them back for God. Then you made them a Kingdom, Priests for our God, Priest-kings to rule over the earth.
Revelation 6:1 - I watched while the Lamb ripped off the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the Animals roar, “Come out!” I looked—I saw a white horse. Its rider carried a bow and was given a victory garland. He rode off victorious, conquering right and left.
Matthew 11:25 - Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”
Matthew 16:17 - Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
Daniel 12:9 - “‘Go on about your business, Daniel,’ he said. ‘The message is confidential and under lock and key until the end, until things are about to be wrapped up. The populace will be washed clean and made like new. But the wicked will just keep on being wicked, without a clue about what is happening. Those who live wisely and well will understand what’s going on.’ * * *
Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward a welcome awakening. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re blue in the face and not get it. I don’t want Isaiah’s forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing. The people are stupid! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.
Daniel 12:4 - “‘This is a confidential report, Daniel, for your eyes and ears only. Keep it secret. Put the book under lock and key until the end. In the interim there is going to be a lot of frantic running around, trying to figure out what’s going on.’ * * *
Isaiah 8:16 - Gather up the testimony, preserve the teaching for my followers, While I wait for God as long as he remains in hiding, while I wait and hope for him. I stand my ground and hope, I and the children God gave me as signs to Israel, Warning signs and hope signs from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, who makes his home in Mount Zion.