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and the book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you; and he says, I am not learned.
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Excuses for Ignorance
Commentators explain that this verse, along with the previous one, illustrates how both the educated and the uneducated can make excuses to avoid God's Word. The learned claim it's too obscure or "sealed," while the unlearned, as seen here, plead a lack of education. The result is the same: widespread spiritual ignorance.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the book is delivered ... - That is, they are just as ignorant of the true nature and meaning of the revelations of God as a ma…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned Or that knows not a book or letters, as before, and so conseque…
The complacency of sinners in sinful ways, is a cause for lamentation and wonder. The learned, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies w…
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13th Century
Catholic
Woe to Ariel. In this part, he presents a threat against the people or against the city, and this is divided into two parts.
