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Wisdom 18:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 18:5-7
New Catholic Bible
The Exterminator
5 After they had decided to slay the infants of your holy ones,
and just a single boy[a] had been abandoned and rescued,
you in retribution carried off a multitude of their sons
and destroyed them all in the raging waters.
6 That night had been made known beforehand[b] to our ancestors,
so that, with accurate knowledge of the promises in which they had put their confidence,
they could be of good heart.
7 Your people thus awaited
the salvation of the righteous and the destruction of their enemies.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 18:5 Single boy: i.e., Moses.
- Wisdom 18:6 Made known beforehand: by Moses, who transmitted to the people the orders and promises he received from God (Ex 11–12), and perhaps also by the Patriarchs (Gen 15:13-14).
