" If one is linked to a flat, one-dimensional faith, then this verse is a bitter loss of faith. But if we think in terms of obedience on its way to risky imagination, then this verse is an opening for new faith beyond the conventions and routines that secure but do not reckon with God's awefulness. "

― Walter Brueggemann , Virus as a Summons to Faith: Biblical Reflections in a Time of Loss, Grief, and Uncertainty