10 For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to[a] sleep;(A)
he has shut your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(B)

11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(C) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[b] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[c] he will say, “I can’t read.”

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Footnotes

  1. 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
  2. 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
  3. 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”

10 The Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:(A)
    He has sealed your eyes(B) (the prophets);(C)
    he has covered your heads (the seers).(D)

11 For you this whole vision(E) is nothing but words sealed(F) in a scroll. And if you give the scroll to someone who can read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I can’t; it is sealed.” 12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, “Read this, please,” they will answer, “I don’t know how to read.”

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