The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
The 1611 reading
The LORD shall smite thee with madnesse, and blindnesse, and astonishment of heart.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Amazement or confusion of mind caused by fear, surprise, wonder, or an extraordinary event.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:28
Complete exact-word concordance
The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
The LORD shall smite thee with madnesse, and blindnesse, and astonishment of heart.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a prouerbe, and a by-worde, among all nations whither the LORD shall leade thee.
1611 marginal note1.King. 9.7. ier. 24.9. and 25.9.
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
And this house which is high, shall be an astonishment to euery one that passeth by it; so that hee shall say; Why hath the LORD done thus vnto this land, and vnto this house?
1611 marginal noteDeut. 29.24. iere. 22.8,9.
Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
Wherfore the wrath of the LORD was vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, and he hath deliuered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as yee see with your eyes.
1611 marginal noteHebr. commotion.
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of astonishment.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, I am blacke: astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, saith the LORD, and Nebuchad-rezzar the king of Babylon my seruant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will vtterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetuall desolations.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment, and these nations shal serue the king of Babylon seuentie yeeres.
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
To wit Ierusalem, and the cities of Iudah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse (as it is this day:)
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliuer them to be remooued to all the kingdomes of the earth, to be a curse and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproch among all the nations, whither I haue driuen them.
1611 marginal noteHebr. for a curse.
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Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise, or admiration at an extraordinary or unexpected event.