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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyprian
Not to recognize sins lest penance follow is the wrath of God, as it is written: "And the Lord gave to them the spirit of a deep sleep," lest they actually return and be cured and be healed by their lamentations and just satisfactions after their sins.…The first degree of felicity is not to sin; the second, to recognize the sins committed. In the former, innocence runs upright and unimpaired to save; in the latter, there follows the remedy to cure. …
Western Saints
Jerome
For the Lord has mixed into you the spirit of deep sleep: he will close your eyes, your prophets and leaders who see visions he will cover. For the spirit of sleep, LXX, is interpreted as compunction: Theodotius, the passing away of the mind: Aquila, καταφορὰν, that is, a heavy sleep; which in Hebrew is called Thardema (), which Scripture commemorates as sent by God to Adam (Gen. II), when woman was made from the rib of his side. And Jonah snored in the same sleep on the ship (Jon. I). …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he sets out the manner of blinding: for the Lord has mingled for you the spirit of a deep sleep, that is, as if he offered mixed wine to drink; he will shut up your eyes, namely, the prophets, above: the Lord has mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness (Isa 19:14).
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