Isaiah 29:10

“For YHWH has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.”
Isaiah 29:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas poured outנָסַךְon youעֲלֵיכֶםa spiritרוּחַof deep sleep,תַּרְדֵּמָהand he has shutוַיְעַצֵּםyour eyes,אֶת עֵינֵיכֶםthe prophets,אֶת הַנְּבִיאִיםand your heads,וְאֶת רָאשֵׁיכֶםthe seers,הַחֹזִיםhe has covered.כִּסָּה

Quotation · Romans 11:8

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The quotation joins Isaiah 29:10 (a spirit of stupor) and Deuteronomy 29:4.

Formula: γέγραπται “it is written” (Romans 11:8)

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Greek of the New Testament: καθὼς γέγραπται Ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς πνεῦμα κατανύξεως ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῦ μὴ βλέπειν καὶ ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי נָסַךְ עֲלֵיכֶם יְהוָה רוּחַ תַּרְדֵּמָה וַיְעַצֵּם אֶת עֵינֵיכֶם אֶת הַנְּבִיאִים וְאֶת רָאשֵׁיכֶם הַחֹזִים כִּסָּה

Septuagint (Isaiah 29:10 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι πεπότικεν ὑμᾶς Κύριος πνεύματι κατανύξεως, καὶ καμμύσει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν προφητῶν αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν, οἱ ὁρῶντες τὰ κρυπτά.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 29:10, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

has poured outנָסַךְnasach

pour out

To offer wine or water by emptying it before God.

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a spiritרוּחַruach

spirit

What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.

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of deep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהtardema

deep sleep

A very deep sleep, which in the Bible often comes from God.

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and he has shutיְעַצֵּםyeatsem

shut

To squeeze the eyelids shut so as not to see something.

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your eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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and your headsרָאשֵׁיrashe

head

The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.

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the seersחֹזִיםchozim

seer

A prophet who sees what God shows him.

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he has coveredכִּסָּהkisa

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

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Translation note

Paul takes up these words in Romans 11:8.

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Quotation · Romans 11:8

The quotation joins Isaiah 29:10 (a spirit of stupor) and Deuteronomy 29:4.

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Isaiah 29:10

¹⁰For YHWH has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and he has shut your eyes, the prophets, and your heads, the seers, he has covered.

Romans 11:8

⁸as it is written: God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so as not to see and ears so as not to hear, to this day.

The context

9Linger and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they sway, but not with intoxicating drink.

10 · This verse (above)

11And the vision of all this has become for you like the words of a book that is sealed, which they give to one who knows letters, saying, “Read please this,” and he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”

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