The spirit of stupor causes spiritual blindness and deafness, as Paul points out in Romans 11:8 “As written ככתוב give נתן to them להם the Gods האלהים spirit רוח of stupor תרדמה eyes of them עינים not לא to see לראות and ears of them ואזנים not לא to hear לשמע until עד the day היום this הזה.” [The verse Paul is quoting doesn’t exist in the Bible! Is this evidence that there is inspired text that has been left out of the Bible? Are there other quotes in the New Testament not found in the Bible?]
In Isa 29:10 “For will pour out upon you Yahweh spirit of stupor רדמה and will close union with eyes of you union with the prophets and union with heads of you the seers of you covered.”
Strong’s H8639 (7 occurrences) תרדמה means ‘a lethargy, a trance, a stupor’, from Strong’s H7290 (7 occurrences) רדם means ‘to be in or fall into heavy sleep’, translated ‘sound asleep’, from a primitive root ‘to stun’, i. e. ‘stupefy’ (with sleep or death).
The spirit of stupor תרדמה Paul refers to in Romans 11:8, is the same stupor תרדמה (Strong’s H8639) Adam was put into in Gen 2:21 – 22 “And cast Yahweh gods a stupor תרדמה upon the Adam and he will sleep and seized one from side of him מצלעתיו and quarantined סגר flesh underneath תחתנה, and established son ויבן Yahweh gods union with את the side הצלע leader אשר seized from out of the Adam to Ishshah לאשה and come against אל the Adam.”
In Gen 2:21 -22 Adam was put in a stupor, one seized from his side, and his flesh quarantined underneath, Ishshah was established as a son of Yahweh gods, who formed a union with her, and she came against the Adam. [The words in bold are mistranslated to cover up the corruption of Adam. Every Bible translation supports this deception because they are all deceivers, whose goal is to keep us from learning the truth, and keep us enslaved to the world.]
Ellicott’s Commentary and the Pulpit Commentary indicate Adam’s ‘deep sleep’ is a dream-like state like Job 4:13, but Job 4:12 – 13 describes Eliphaz’s demonic encounter “And power of ואלי Word דבר deceived יגנב and seize ותקח my ear אזני a whisper שמץ from out of them מנהו. By dividing (in mind) בשעפים from visions of מחזי dwelling-place נות night לילה in we will cast בנפל a stupor תרדמה upon על sick of them אנשים.“
The following words are mistranslated in Job 4:12 – 13: Strong’s H1589 גנב means ‘to steal, to deceive’ is translated ‘secretly brought’, Strong’s H8102 means ‘a scornful whisper’ is translated ‘whisper’, Strong’s H5091 נה means ‘tumult’ is translated ‘of it’, Strong’s H5116 נות that means ‘habitation, dwelling-place’ is not translated (in Rev 18:2 Babel the great had become a habitation נוה gateway of them שערים“), Strong’s H605 אנש means ‘be weak, sick’.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges consider the ‘deep sleep’ to be like Gen 15:12 and 1 Sam 26:12, but the narratives where these verses are found show signs of corruption as follows:
1. In Gen 15:12 – 14, “And be the sun to come לבוא and stupor ותרדמה cast upon Abram and behold terror and misery great cast upon him. And said to Abram ‘know that strangers become your seed in earth בארץ not for them, and serve them and afflict them you four hundred years and also union with the nation leader will serve them judge I after upright station come out with possessions great.’”
In Gen 15:12, the Hebrew הי that means ‘be’ is translated ‘when’, בוא that means ‘come’ is translated ‘going down’, and תרדמה is translated ‘deep sleep’, covering up the fact that the sun cast Abram into a stupor. In Gen 15:13, many Bibles add “the LORD” to make it appear the words are Yahweh’s, but they are from “the sun”, who cast Abram into a stupor in v12.
2. In the account of David pursuing Saul in 1 Sam 26:10 – 12 David tells Abishai not to destroy Saul because he is Yahweh’s anointed, and Yahweh will strike him, so they went away, but no one saw or knew, nor awoke “for they were all asleep, for a stupor Yahweh we cast upon them”.
Israel rejected Yahweh by demanding a King like the nations in 1 Sam 8:1 – 19, they were not anointed by Yahweh. We know from Ezekiel 28 that world rulers are princes of Satan, who is their king.
A stupor is clearly a corrupt spiritual condition in the following verses:
1. In Job 33:15 – 17 “In a dream בחלום vision חזיון night לילה in cast בנפל a stupor תרדמה upon על sick of them אנשים in a slumber בתנומות upon עלי beds משכב. This אז will open יגלה ear אזן sick of them אנשים and in instruction ובמסרם will seal יחתם. To turn away להסיר Adam אדם works מעשה and pride וגוה from mighty מגבר will conceal יכסה.“
2. In Prov 19:15 “Laziness עצלה will cast you תפיל a stupor תרדמה and soul (animal appetite) ונפש towards treachery/deceit רמיה you will hunger תרעב.”
The Hebrew נפש that means ‘soul, animal appetite’ is not translated, and רמיה is translated ‘idle person’, when it means ‘treachery/deceit’, making it appear that physical labour keeps a person from being in ‘a stupor’. It is spiritual laziness that is a danger, as Paul warned to keep watch against laziness עצל in serving union with the Lord in Romans 12:11.
3. All chapters of Daniel require a critical analysis to determine what is inspired and what is not. The historical narratives in Daniel 1 – 6, 8, & 10 – 11, like all historical narratives in the Bible, contain information that may or may not be true, so are best ignored when studying scripture. In Dan 8:17 – 18 Gabriel gave Daniel “for time לעת end קץ the vision החזון” puts him in “a stupor נרדמתי upon על his face פני toward the earth ארצה”, and similarly in Dan 10:5 – 9 Daniel sees a vision of a mighty one איש, a shining being, and “I heard union with sound Word of him and as heard me union with sound his Word and I became a stupor upon my fact toward earth”.
4. The account of Jonah is strange, unbelievable, and certainly requires a close analysis. The beginning of the narrative, in Jonah 1:1 – 6, where Jonas boards a ship to hide from Yahweh, and is in a ‘deep sleep’ רדם when a storm from Yahweh threatens the ship and its passenger’s shows signs of corruption as follows:
In Jonah 1:1 – 3, “And be Word Yahweh against Jonah . . . to say ‘arise, go against Nineveh, the city the and cry upon it, ascend of badness before me’. And Jonah rose up to flee from the presence of Yahweh.” He found a ship, give fee, and descend in it to come with them Tarshish “from presence of Yahweh”. The fact that Yahweh is not omnipresent is evidence the text is not inspired.
In Jonah 1:4 “Yahweh hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.” In v5 – 6 The sailors became afraid and every mighty one cried to his god, and they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten for them, but Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and a stupor וירדם, and the captains said to him “How is it that you are a stupor נרדם? Arise, call against your gods, perhaps will work of the gods for us and not we will perish.” The context supports that רדם means ‘deep sleep’ not ‘a stupor’ which is evidence the text is not inspired.
In conclusion, Yahweh gods put Adam in ‘a stupor’ in Gen 2:21, which made him unable to spiritually hear and see as Paul states in Romans 11:8. The spirit of stupor shuts the eyes of prophets Isa 29:10. The ‘deep sleep’ in Gen 15:12 & Job 4:13, is like a demonic possession. Where it describes Daniel in a ‘deep sleep’ in Dan 8:18 & 10:9, the text appears to be corrupt. A stupor is a punishment bestowed upon sinners by Yahweh, which causes them to not hear and see the truth of Yahweh.
