“According to history, therefore, the Creator of all, whose weapons are truth, justice, and judgment, through the creature subject to Him, rebukes and strikes those who do wrong. According to the allegory, however, the same Lord arms the creature for the vengeance of His enemies, when through the preachers of the Gospe…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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21Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
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19He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.
20His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
— Wisdom of Solomon 5:21 —
22And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
23Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.