10. For the Lord has poured out on youa spirit of deep sleep.He has shut your eyes (the prophets)and covered your heads (the seers).
11. For you the vision of all this has become like the words of a sealed scroll. When it is handed to one who can read, with the request, “Read this,” the reply is, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
12. When the scroll is handed to one who cannot read, with the request, “Read this,” the reply is, “I cannot read.”