The Blindness of Disobedience

Pause and wonder. Blind yourself and be blind!
They are drunk but not with wine;
They stagger but not with intoxicating drink.

For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep
And has closed your eyes, namely the prophets;
And HE has covered your heads, namely the seers.

The Lord said:
Inasmuch as these people draw near to ME with their mouths
And honor ME with their lips, but have removed their hearts
far from ME,
And their fear toward ME is taught by the commandment of men..

Therefore behold, I will again do a marvelous work among this people,
a marvelous work and a wonder
For the wisdom of their wise man shall perish, and the understanding
of their prudent men shall be hidden.

Woe to those who seek deep to bide their counsel far from the Lord;
And their work are in the dark: They say, "Who sees us?"
Surely you have things turned around!

Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the things made say
of him who made it "He did not make me"?
Or shall the things formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?
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Isaiah 29: 9-10