Judges 16:22

"The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison."

Key Reflection

This passage describes Samson's humiliation, symbolizing spiritual blindness and servitude. His physical loss of sight represents his spiritual failure to maintain divine favor, while his forced labor grinding grain signifies his reduced state from a powerful judge to a humble servant.

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