behold, the hand of Jehovah will be upon your cattle in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep; a very heavy pestilence.

And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon those of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.

And so it was, after they had brought it around, that the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction; and He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and tumors broke out on them.

So they sent and gathered together all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a death panic throughout all the city, because the hand of God had been very heavy there.

Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends! For the hand of God has struck me!

For by day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

For Your arrows pierce me, and Your hand presses down upon me.

Remove Your stroke away from me; I am destroyed by the blow of Your hand.

You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and you make his desires vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Then Saul was lifted up from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And they struck the men who were at the entrance of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, My camp will be in such and such a place.

For Jehovah has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes; He has covered the prophets and your heads, the seers.

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

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

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

These are wells without water, clouds being driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.