Wisdom of Solomon 12:23
“The punishment for those who lived unjustly and senselessly in their lives was that, through the things they worshipped, they endured torment; and by divine judgment, since they were unwilling to know their Creator and to honor Him as was fitting, they were handed over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are…”
23Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
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21With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
22Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
— Wisdom of Solomon 12:23 —
24For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.
25Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.