5:27 None tire or stumble,
they don’t stop to nap or sleep.
They don’t loosen their belts,
or unstrap their sandals to rest. 1
29:10 For the Lord has poured out on you
a strong urge to sleep deeply. 2
He has shut your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
1 tn Heb “and the belt on his waist is not opened, and the thong of his sandals is not torn in two.”
2 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.