Wisdom of Solomon 17:3
“It commemorates the fact that in Egypt the enemies of the people of God suffered in the darkness of gloom, which Scripture reports as so dense that it could be felt; in which, having suffered excessive horror, they were justly punished for their sins and for the dark oblivion. Mystically, all persecutors of the Church…”
Source: Septuagint
3For while they supposed to lie hidden in their secret sins, They were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, Being horribly astonished, And troubled with strange apparitions.
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1For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: Therefore unnurtured souls have erred.
2For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; They being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, Lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
— Wisdom of Solomon 17:3 —
4For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
5No power of the fire might give them light: Neither could the bright flames of the stars Endure to lighten that horrible night.