Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

General references

Bible References

The lord

Isaiah 29:14
therefore I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.
The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,
and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.
Isaiah 6:9
And He replied:

Go! Say to these people:
Keep listening, but do not understand;
keep looking, but do not perceive.
1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the water jug by Saul’s head, and they went their way. No one saw them, no one knew, and no one woke up; they all remained asleep because a deep sleep from the Lord came over them.
Psalm 69:23
Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.
Micah 3:6
Therefore, it will be night for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.
The sun will set on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.
Acts 28:26
when He said,

Go to these people and say:
You will listen and listen,
yet never understand;
and you will look and look,
yet never perceive.
Romans 11:8
as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

Hath closed

Isaiah 44:18
Such people do not comprehend
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Ezekiel 14:9
“But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, Yahweh, who deceived that prophet. I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

Rulers

Isaiah 3:2
the hero and warrior,
the judge and prophet,
the fortune-teller and elder,
Micah 3:1
Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?

General references

Daniel 5:15
Now the wise men and mediums were brought before me to read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not give its interpretation.
Luke 24:45
Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

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