and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Siser
So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty
who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on th
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be a
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our l
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. The
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has c
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w
Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyo