Isaiah 29:11 (WEB)
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;”
Catechism · 1
“A seal authenticates a juridical act or document and occasionally makes it secret.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 21:8; Jer 32:10; Isa 29:11.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Damascene
“…deceive him who always glorieth in his wisdom, the maiden is given in marriage to Joseph by the priests, a new book to him who is versed in letters: but the marriage was both the protection of the virgin and the delusion of him who was keeping a watchful eye on virgins.” — editor's note: Is. xxix. 11.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And that the things spoken of old by the law and the prophets were all sealed, and that they were unknown to men, Isaiah declares when he says: “And they will deliver the book that is sealed to one that is learned, and will say to him, Read this; and he will say, I cannot read it, for it is sealed.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 11.
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Jerome
“In the apocalypse a book is shewn sealed with seven seals, which if you deliver to one that is learned saying, Read this, he will answer you, I cannot, for it is sealed.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they who are in darkness and in a cloud; the eyes of the blind shall see.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 11–18.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Catechism §1295.
Cited together in Catechism §1295.
Cited together in Catechism §1295.
Cited together in Catechism §1295.
Cited together in Catechism §1295.