Isaiah 5:27

²⁵ Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

²⁶ He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

²⁸ Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

²⁹ Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is 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:
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,
ASV: 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:
DARBY: None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;
BLB: No one will be weary nor stumbling among them; he will not will he slumber and not sleep, and not will be loosed the girdle of his loins, and not will be broken the strap of his sandals—

ÅB: Der er ingen trett og ingen som snubler blant dem, ingen som blunder eller sover; beltet om lendene går ikke opp, og ingen skorem sønderrives.
OTB: Ingen blant dem blir trette eller snubler, ingen slumrer eller sover; ikke et belte løsnes ved livet, og ingen sandalrem er brutt.
B1930: Der er ingen trett og ingen som snubler blandt dem, ingen som blunder eller sover; beltet om lendene går ikke op, og ingen skorem sønderrives.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Job 12:18
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
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Joel 2:7–8
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
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Job 12:21
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
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Isaiah 45:1
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
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Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
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Isaiah 11:5
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
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Psalms 18:32
It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
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Psalms 93:1
The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
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