Wisdom 19:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ But these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who lived under the same laws.

¹⁶ But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door.

¹⁷ For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight.