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Have you lost your sight?
Have your eyes grown dim as you grew older?
Eli's did. He was the priest-judge in Israel who raised up Samuel, Israel's prophet and last judge. Scripture says that he lay in bed because his eyes were bedimmed. But not just physically. For the utterance of the LORD came to Samuel, saying that Eli had lost his insight, not seen the sin of his sons against the LORD. Eli judged Israel, a chosen among the chosen. But he lost sight of the vision that the LORD had given him, lost insight into the ways of the God of Israel, took his eyes from heaven.
It wasn't just his sons who took advantage of their position. They learned it from their father, who sat in the tent of the LORD on a throne.
For losing sight, the LORD destroyed Eli and his entire line. All in one day.
So, have you lost your sight?