For you, all vision has become like the words of a sealed book, which men hand to one who is literate, saying, 'Please read this.' But he says, 'I cannot, for it is sealed,' establishing that the prophecy is rendered incomprehensible and inaccessible, like a sealed scroll that cannot be read. The sealed book imagery suggests unavailability, a barrier to understanding. The handing to a literate person who cannot read it emphasizes that the problem is not lack of skill or learning but the sealed condition itself—even knowledge cannot overcome the barrier. The oracle suggests that prophecy, while present, becomes meaningless to the people due to their spiritual condition. The sealed book represents the inaccessibility of God's purposes to those who have rejected God's word.

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