They stare at women who are not their wives and want to sleep with them. They never stop sinning. They trap people who aren’t firm in their faith. They’re experts in being greedy. But they’re under a curse.
This made the words of Isaiah the prophet come true. He had said, “Lord, who has believed what we’ve been saying? Who has seen the Lord’s saving power?”
“The Lord has blinded their eyes, and he has closed their minds, so they can’t see with their eyes, and they can’t understand with their minds or turn to the Lord—if they could, he would heal them.”