29:10 For the Lord has poured out on you
a strong urge to sleep deeply. 1
He has shut your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
30:10 They 2 say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”
and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! 3
Tell us nice things,
relate deceptive messages. 4
47:13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice. 5
Let them take their stand –
the ones who see omens in the sky,
who gaze at the stars,
who make monthly predictions –
let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! 6
1 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.
2 tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”
4 tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”
3 tn Heb “you are tired because of the abundance of your advice.”
4 tn Heb “let them stand and rescue you – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make known by months – from those things which are coming upon you.”