And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.”
And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
On that day, declares the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic, and its rider with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope at noonday as in the night.
The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind,
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