Isa 29:10-12 | NET2full | STEP | For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply . He has shut your eyes (you prophets ), and covered your heads (you seers) .

‏ Isaiah 29:10-12

10 For the Lord has poured out on you
a strong urge to sleep deeply. ^{▼▼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.}
He has shut your eyes (you prophets),
and covered your heads (you seers).

11 To you this entire prophetic revelation ^{▼▼tn Heb “vision” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).} is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read ^{▼▼tn Heb “one who knows a/the scroll.”} and say, “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t, because it is sealed.” 12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read ^{▼▼tn Heb “and if the scroll is handed to one who does not know a scroll.”} and say, “Read this,” he says, “I can’t read.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “I do not know a scroll.”}