Wisdom 16:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire.

¹⁷ And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just.

¹⁸ For at one time, the fire was mitigated, that the beasts which were sent against the wicked might not be burned, but that they might see and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God.