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Isaiah 29:10

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29:10 For the Lord has poured out on you

a strong urge to sleep deeply. 1 

He has shut your eyes (the prophets),

and covered your heads (the seers).

1 tn 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.



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