- the sword:
- "And he said,ª° Go,²°¹ and tellª° this¹ people,ª Hear²° ye indeed,ª° but understandª° not;¹ and see²° ye indeed,ª° but perceiveª° not.¹ ... Make the heartª of this¹ peopleª fat,²°¹ and make their earsª heavy,ª° and shutª° their eyes;ª lest¹ they seeª° with their eyes,ª and hearª° with their ears,ª and understandª° with their heart,ª and convert,ª° and be healed.ª°" {Isa 6:9-10} + "For¹ the LORDª hath poured outª° upon¹ you the spiritª of deep sleep,ª and hath closedª°¹ your eyes:ª¹ the prophetsª and your rulers,ª the seersª hath he covered.ª°" {Isa 29:10} + "Who¹ [is] blind,ª but¹¹ my servant?ª or deaf,ª as my messengerª [that] I sent?ª° who¹ [is] blindª as [he that is] perfect,ª° and blindª as the LORD'Sª servant?ª ... Seeingª°°° many things,ª but thou observestª° not;¹ openingª° the ears,ª but he hearethª° not.¹" {Isa 42:19-20} + "A swordª [is] upon¹ the Chaldeans,ª saithª° the LORD,ª and upon¹ the inhabitantsª° of Babylon,ª and upon¹ her princes,ª and upon¹ her wiseª [men]. ... A swordª [is] upon¹ their horses,ª and upon¹ their chariots,ª and upon¹ all¹ the mingled people²¹ that¹ [are] in the midstª of her; and they shall become¹ as women:ª a swordª [is] upon¹ her treasures;ª and they shall be robbed.ª°" {Jer 50:35-37} + "Therefore shalt thou fallª° in the day,ª and the prophetª also¹ shall fallª° with¹ thee in the night,ª and I will destroyª° thy mother.ª ... As they were increased,²¹ so¹ they sinnedª° against me: [therefore] will I changeª° their gloryª into shame.ª" {Hsa 4:5-7} + "And it shall come to pass¹ in that¹ day,ª saithª° the Lordª GOD,ª that I will cause the sunª to go downª° at noon,ª and I will darkenª° the earthª in the clearª day:ª ... And I will turnª° your feastsª into mourning,ª and all¹ your songsª into lamentation;ª and I will bring upª° sackclothª upon¹ all¹ loins,ª and baldnessª upon¹ every¹ head;ª and I will makeª° it as the mourningª of an onlyª [son], and the endª thereof as a bitterª day.ª" {Ams 8:9-10} + "Therefore¹ nightª [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision;ª¹ and it shall be darkª°° unto you, that ye shall not divine;ª°¹ and the sunª shall go downª° over¹ the prophets,ª and the dayª shall be darkª° over¹ them. ... Then shall the seersª be ashamed,ª° and the divinersª° confounded:ª° yea, they shall all¹ coverª°¹ their lips;ª for¹ [there is] no¹ answerª of God.ª" {Mic 3:6-7} + "Andª Jesusª said,ª° Forª judgmentª Iª am comeª° intoª thisª world,ª thatª they which seeª° notª might see;ª° andª that they which seeª° might be madeª° blind.ª" {Jhn 9:39} + "He hath blindedª° theirª eyes,ª andª hardenedª° theirª heart;ª that²°¹ they should²° not²¹ seeª° with [their] eyes,ª norª understandª° with [their] heart,ª andª be converted,ª° andª I should healª° them.ª" {Jhn 12:40} + "Whatª then?ª Israelª hath²°¹ notª obtainedª° that² whichª he seeketh for;ª° butª the¹ electionª hath obtained¹ it,²° andª the¹ restª were blindedª°" {Rom 11:7}
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