21 Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow. (WEB) 22 Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult. The water of the sea will be angered against them. Rivers will sternly overwhelm them. (WEB) 23 A mighty wind will encounter them. It will winnow them away like a tempest. So lawlessness will make all the land desolate. Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes. (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 5:21–23
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