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Isaiah 29

Isa. 29:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ford the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath poured out
nacak (Hebrew #5258)
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
KJV usage: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
Pronounce: naw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
upon you the spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of deep sleep
tardemah (Hebrew #8639)
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
KJV usage: deep sleep.
Pronounce: tar-day-maw'
Origin: from 7290
, and hath closed
`atsam (Hebrew #6105)
to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; denominatively (from 6106) to crunch the bones
KJV usage: break the bones, close, be great, be increased, be (wax) mighty(-ier), be more, shut, be(-come, make) strong(-er).
Pronounce: aw-tsam'
Origin: a primitive root
your eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
: the prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
and your λrulers
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, the seers
chozeh (Hebrew #2374)
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
KJV usage: agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer.
Pronounce: kho-zeh'
Origin: active participle of 2372
f hath he covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Rom. 11:8• 8according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day. (Rom. 11:8)
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heads,
Isa. 1:5• 5Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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1 Sam. 9:9• 9(In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.) (1 Sam. 9:9)

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Seer,
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Ministry on This Verse

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the Lord.
Isa. 29:14• 14therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvellously with this people, to do marvellously, even with wonder, and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their intelligent ones shall be hid. (Isa. 29:14)
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Isa. 6:9‑10• 9And he said, Go; and thou shalt say unto this people, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive.
 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed. (Isa. 6:9‑10)
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1 Sam. 26:12• 12And David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they went away, and no man saw it, and none knew it, and none awaked, for they were all asleep; for a deep sleep from Jehovah had fallen upon them. (1 Sam. 26:12)
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Psa. 69:23• 23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake. (Psa. 69:23)
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Mic. 3:6• 6therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. (Mic. 3:6)
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Acts 28:26‑27• 26saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear and not understand, and seeing ye shall see and not perceive.
 27For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:26‑27)
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Rom. 11:8• 8according as it is written, God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day. (Rom. 11:8)
hath closed.
Isa. 44:18• 18They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand. (Isa. 44:18)
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Ezek. 14:9• 9And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word, I Jehovah have enticed that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand against him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. (Ezek. 14:9)
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2 Cor. 4:4• 4in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them. (2 Cor. 4:4)
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2 Thess. 2:9‑12• 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
 10and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved.
 11And for this reason God sends to them a working of error, that they should believe what is false,
 12that all might be judged who have not believed the truth, but have found pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thess. 2:9‑12)
rulers.
Heb. heads.
Isa. 3:2‑3• 2the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,
 3the captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the clever among artificers, and the one versed in enchantments. (Isa. 3:2‑3)
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Mic. 3:1• 1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment? (Mic. 3:1)
the seers.
Isa. 30:10• 10who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits; (Isa. 30:10)
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1 Sam. 9:9• 9(In former time in Israel, when a man went to ask counsel of God, he said, Come and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was in former time called a Seer.) (1 Sam. 9:9)
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Jer. 26:8‑11• 8And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.
 9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.
 10And the princes of Judah heard these things; and they went up from the king's house unto the house of Jehovah, and sat in the entry of the new gate of Jehovah.
 11And the priests and the prophets spoke unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. (Jer. 26:8‑11)
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Amos 7:12‑13• 12And Amaziah said unto Amos, Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.
 13But prophesy not again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom. (Amos 7:12‑13)
• {v.10-12} Neither the learned nor the unlearned had any reference to His word. (“Isaiah 29” by F.B. Hole)
• We find the Apostle Paul alluding to this scripture in Acts 13:41, for he spoke of prophets— in the plural— and so he did not only have Habakkuk 1:5 in his mind. If men close their eyes against the light and turn things upside down, they have to reap the fruit of their ways. How much of today’s religion is just a matter of drawing near to God with the mouth while the heart is far away from Him? (“Isaiah 29” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jehovah hath poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and hath closeda your eyes; the prophets and your chiefs, the seers, hath he covered.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "to shut strongly." so ch. 33.15.