1. Zephaniah 1:17 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the punishment of walking like the blind call to mind?

Zephaniah 1:17 (ESV)

17 I will bring distress on mankind, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

The punishment of blindness was a covenant curse mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:28–29.

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