Wisdom of Solomon 19

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But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end;

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19:2

how, having changed their minds to let your people go,

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19:3

For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning,

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19:4

For the doom which they deserved was drawing them to this end,

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19:5

and that your people might journey on by a marvellous road,

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19:6

For the whole creation, each part in its diverse kind, was made new again,

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19:7

Then the cloud that overshadowed the camp was seen,

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19:8

by which they passed over with all their army,

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19:9

For like horses they roamed at large,

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19:10

For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning,

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19:11

But afterwards, they also saw a new kind of birds,

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19:12

for, to comfort them, quails came up for them from the sea.

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19:13

Punishments came upon the sinners,

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19:14

For while the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them,

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19:15

And not only so, but while punishment of some sort will come upon the former,

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19:16

because these first welcomed with feastings,

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19:17

And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight

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19:18

For as the notes of a lute vary the character of the rhythm,

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19:19

For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters,

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19:20

Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water,

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19:21

On the contrary, flames didn’t consume flesh of perishable creatures that walked amongst them,

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19:22

For in all things, O Lord, you magnified your people,

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