They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
Deuteronomy 28:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord will smite you with madness and blindness and dismay of [mind and] heart. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart; Common English Bible The LORD will make you go crazy, make you blind, make your mind confused. Catholic Public Domain Version May the Lord strike you with frenzy and blindness and a madness of the mind. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. |
They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they were unable to find the entrance.
Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.
‘On that day’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘the king and the officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be scared speechless.’
Blind, they stumbled in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.
Look, you scoffers, marvel and vanish away, because I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.’ ,
‘The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumours, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured.
so that at noon you will grope as a blind person gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.
‘When all these things happen to you #– #the blessings and curses I have set before you #– #and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you,
Afterwards, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law #– #the blessings as well as the curses #– #according to all that is written in the book of the law.
Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,