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For Yahweh has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, has he covered.
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A Judgment of Blindness
Commentators unanimously describe the "spirit of deep sleep" not as physical tiredness but as a "judicial blindness" sent by God. This spiritual stupor is presented as a righteous judgment. When people willfully reject God's truth, He may give them over to the darkness they have chosen, a concept emphasized by scholars like Calvin and Ellicott.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Lord has poured out upon you - The word translated ‘has poured out’ (נסך nâsak) is usually referred to the act of pouring o…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord has poured out upon you ... —The prophet sees in the stupor and panic of the chief of the people what we call a …
16th Century
Protestant
Because Jehovah has overpowered you with the spirit of slumber. To show more clearly the source of this blindness, he attributes it to the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep
Gave them up to a stupi…
The complacency of sinners in sinful ways, is a cause for lamentation and wonder. The learned, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies w…
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to Ariel. In this part, he presents a threat against the people or against the city, and this is divided into two parts.
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