What does verse 10 mean? Why would the Lord say he does not want us to be healed? 2 Nephi 16:10

What does verse 10 mean? Why would the Lord say he does not want us to be healed? 2 Nephi 16:10

This is Nephi quoting Isaiah speaking Messianically, again. In this verse he says:

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Obviously, the Savior wants to heal us. He wants us to see with our eyes and hear with our ears and understand with our hearts and be healed. 

It is similar to when Jesus calls Nathanael in John 1:43-47. The encounter goes something like this:

Jesus goes to Galilee and finds Philip.

Philip is from the same place as Andrew and Peter (Bethsaida). He goes and finds Nathanael and tells him he found the Messiah who Moses and all the prophets wrote about, and that his name is Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Nathanael says, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"

Philip says, "Come and see!"

Jesus sees Nathanael coming and says, "There's a Jew who tells it like it is!" ("Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!")

It's not quite sarcasm, but it is definitely humor. This part of the scriptures always cracks me up. I think it's the same kind of humor when Jesus says something like, "Look, I've already bought your salvation. I'm standing right here. All you have to do is look at me. But no - no, instead, I think you should get lazy, slothful, bored, and tired - since otherwise you would see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and understand with your heart and actually be healed!"

It's like when my kids are whining and to get them to stop I say, "Hey! Can you please say that in a more whiny voice?"

Answer:
I think that Jesus Christ had a sense of humor, and that this verse is said - not quite sarcastically, but also not with the surface-level, obvious meaning.