Isaiah 29:10 (WEB)
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Damascene
“…hath concluded them all in unbelief, and this, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, all these must be understood not as though God Himself were energising, but as though God were permitting, both because of free-will and because goodness…” — editor's note: Is. xxix. 10; Rom. xi. 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…estranged: it is God’s wrath that they do not perceive their sins, lest repentance should follow as it is written, “And God gave them the spirit of torpor,” that is, that they may not return and be healed, and be made whole after their sins by just prayers and satisfactions.” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 10: orig. “transpunctionis.”
Read the whole comment“This is the greater visitation of an angry God; as it is written, “And God gave them the spirit of deadness.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxix. 10; Vulg. “transpunctionis.”
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…the Lord has inflicted upon us, Who says, And thou, O heart, be stirred and shaken, and gives to the despisers the spirit of sorrow and deep sleep to drink: to whom He also says, See, ye despisers, behold, and wonder and perish?” — editor's note: Ps. lx. 2, 3; Isai. xxix. 10.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.19.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.