Isaiah 29:9 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Stop and wonder [at this prophecy, if you choose, whether you understand it or not; soon you will witness the actual event] and be confounded [reluctantly]! Blind yourselves [now, if you choose; take your pleasure] and then be blinded [at the actual occurrence]. They are drunk, but not from wine; they stagger, but not from strong drink [but from spiritual stupor]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. American Standard Version (1901) Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. Common English Bible Be shocked and stunned; blind yourselves; be blind! Be drunk, but not on wine; stagger, but not on account of beer! Catholic Public Domain Version Be stupefied and in wonder! Shake and quiver! Be inebriated, but not from wine! Stagger, but not from drunkenness! |