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- Isaiah
- Chapter 29
- Verse 10
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.
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Gill's Exposition
For the Lord hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep,.... Gave them up to a stupid frame of spirit; to a reprobate mind, a mind void of judgment and sense; to judicial blindness and hardness…
Barnes' Notes
For the Lord hath poured out upon you - The word rendered ‘hath poured out’ (נסך nâsak) is usually referred to the act of pouring out a libation, or drink-offering in worship Exo 30:9; Hos 9:4; Isa…
Here, I. The prophet stands amazed at the stupidity of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. They had Levites, who taught the good knowledge of the Lord and had encouragement from Hezekiah in doing…
Cambridge Bible
Their infatuation is caused by Jehovah; see on ch. Isa 6:10.
deep sleep The word (tardçmâh) is nearly always used of a profound slumber due to supernatural agency (1Sa 26:12) and favourable for the…
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