Wisdom of Solomon 17:15-17

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¹⁵ and now were driven by monstrous specters
and now were paralyzed by their souls’ surrender,
for sudden and unexpected fear overwhelmed them.^(A)
16 And whoever was there fell down
and thus was kept shut up in a prison not made of iron;^(B)
17 for whether they were farmers or shepherds
or workers who toiled in the wilderness,
they were seized and endured the inescapable fate,
for with one chain of darkness they all were bound.^(C)