No one in it is tired or stumbles, No one slumbers or sleeps; Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened, Nor his sandal strap broken.
Parallel translations
- WEB No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken:
- KJV None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
- BSB None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- NKJV No one will be weary or stumble among them, No one will slumber or sleep; Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
- NLT They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken.
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Quick answer
The invading army is tireless and disciplined, never weary, stumbling, or unprepared. It portrays an unstoppable force perfectly equipped for conquest.
Overview
The vivid description of soldiers who never sleep and whose gear never fails emphasizes the relentless efficiency of God's chosen instrument of judgment. Their readiness contrasts sharply with the complacency and drunkenness of Judah. The verse heightens the sense of inescapable doom approaching God's unfaithful people.
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- Job 12:18He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.
- Joel 2:7–8They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
- Job 12:21He pours contempt on princes, and loosens the belt of the strong.
- Dan 5:6Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
- Ps 18:32the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Eph 6:13–14Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
- Isa 45:5I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;
- Deut 32:25Outside the sword will bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, the nursing infant with the gray-haired man.
- 1 Kgs 2:5“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- Isa 11:5Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
- Ps 93:1Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
- Isa 45:1Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
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