9Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.


In Context

6 She will be visited by Yahweh of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire.

7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.

8 It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn't satisfied; or like when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and he is still thirsty. The multitude of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion will be like that.

9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

10 For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

11 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:|

Isaiah 29:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Be stunned and amazed, blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not from wine, stagger, but not from beer.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Be astonished, and wander, waver, and stagger: be drunk, and not with wine: stagger, and not with drunkenness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9Be astounded and astonished, blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Tarry ye and wonder, take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:9Tarry and wonder, look ye, yea, look, Be drunk, and not with wine, Stagger, and not with strong drink.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:9Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.