behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon your cattle in the fields, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep- a very great pestilence.

And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and He brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and rats sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.

And it came to pass after it went about to Gath, that the hand of the Lord came upon the city, and [there was] very great confusion. And He struck the men of the city, [both] small and great, and struck them in their secret parts. And the Gittites made for themselves images of tumors.

So they sent and gathered the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not slay us and our people.

Pity me, pity me, O my friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. Pause.

For Your weapons are fixed in me, and You have pressed Your hand heavily upon me.

Remove Your scourge from me; I have fainted by reason of the strength of Your hand.

You chasten man with rebukes for iniquity, and You make his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

And Saul arose from the ground, and although his eyes were open, he saw no one; and leading him by the hand, they brought [him] into Damascus.

And he was three days not seeing, and neither ate nor drank.

And Ananias departed and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, the One who appeared to you in the way which you were coming, so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

And they struck the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.

And the king of Syria was at war with Israel. And he consulted with his servants, saying, I will encamp in such a place.

For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and He shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things.

And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see might become blind."

What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained [it], and the rest were blinded.

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them.

These are waterless wells, clouds being driven by a storm, for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.