Wisdom 16:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 16
1 Therefore they[a] were fittingly punished by similar creatures,
and were tormented by a swarm of insects.(A)
2 Instead of this punishment, you benefited your people
with a novel dish, the delight they craved,
by providing quail for their food,(B)
3 So that those others, when they desired food,
should lose their appetite even for necessities,
since the creatures sent to plague them were so loathsome,
While these, after a brief period of privation,
partook of a novel dish.(C)
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