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Isaiah 29:10

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29:10For the Lord has poured out on you

a strong urge to sleep deeply.19

He has shut your eyes (the prophets),

and covered your heads (the seers).

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Footnotes

  1. 19 Heb “a disposition [or “spirit”] of deep sleep.” Through this mixed metaphor (sleep is likened to a liquid which one pours and in turn symbolizes spiritual dullness) the prophet emphasizes that God himself has given the people over to their spiritual insensitivity as a form of judgment.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the Lord has poured out upon you

a spirit of deep sleep,

and has closed your eyes (the prophets),

and covered your heads (the seers).

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:

He has sealed your eyes (the prophets);

he has covered your heads (the seers).

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the Lord has poured out on you

an overwhelming urge to sleep;

he has shut your eyes (the prophets)

and covered your heads (the seers).

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep.

He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For Yahweh has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep,

and he has shut your eyes, the prophets,

and he has covered your heads, the seers.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep,

And hath closed your eyes:

The prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.