Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, hineni, I will again do an astonishing work among this people, 1 even a marvellous work and a peleh (wonder); 1 for the chochmah of their chachamim shall perish, 1 and the binah (understanding) of their sages shall vanish. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

In Context

13Therefore Adonoi says, 1 Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their peh, 1 and with their sfatayim do honor Me, 1 but have removed their lev far from Me, 1 and their fear toward Me 1 is mitzvat anashim melummadah (human commandments taught by rote); 1

15Hoy (woe, doom) unto them that go to great depths to hide their etzah (plan) from Hashem, 1 and their ma'asim are in the dark, 1 and they say, Who seeth us? 1 And who knoweth us? 1

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Cross References

Job 12:17He leadeth yoatzim (counsellors) away stripped, 1 and maketh the shofetim (judges) fools. 1

Isaiah 19:3And the ruach Mitzrayim shall be disheartened within him; 1 and I will frustrate the etzah thereof; 1 and they shall consult the elilim (idols, false g-ds), and to the ittim (sorcerers, necromancers), 1 and to the ovot (mediums with familiar spirits), and to the wizards. 1

Isaiah 28:21For Hashem shall rise up as in Har Peratzim, 1 He shall be in wrath as in the valley of Giv'on, 1 that He may do His ma'aseh, His zar ma'aseh (strange work, foreign work); 1 and bring to pass His avodah, His nochriyah avodah. 1

Isaiah 44:25That annuls the otot of the baddim (liars, false prophets), 1 and maketh kosemim (diviners, soothsayers) into madmen; 1 that turneth back chachamim, 1 and maketh their da'as (knowledge, science) foolishness; 1

Jeremiah 19:7And I will make void the etzah of Yehudah and Yerushalayim in this makom; and I will cause them to fall by the cherev before their oyevim, and by the hands of them that seek their nefesh; and their nevelah (carcasses) will I give to be food for the oph HaShomayim, and for the behemat ha'aretz.

Obadiah 1:8Shall I not in that day, saith Hashem, 1 even destroy the chachamim (wise men) out of Edom, 1 and understanding out of the Har Esav? 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:10-17

Threatenings against Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 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… Read the whole commentary →

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