Wisdom 16
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Wisdom of Solomon 16
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v 9
; Ex 8.2, 17, 24; Wis 11.15, 16; 12.23, 27Therefore those people#16.1 Gk they were deservedly punished through such creatures
and were tormented by a multitude of animals.
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Ex 16.13; Num 11.31; Wis 19.11, 12 Instead of this punishment you showed kindness to your people,
and you prepared quails to eat,
a delicacy to satisfy the desire of appetite,
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Ex 8.3, 5, 24, 28; 16.3 in order that those people, when they desired food,
might lose the least remnant of appetite#16.3 Gk loathed the necessary appetite
because of the odious creatures sent to them,
while your people,#16.3 Gk they after suffering want a short time,
might partake of delicacies.
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Wis 11.8, 9 For it was necessary that upon those oppressors inescapable want should come,
while to these others it was merely shown how their enemies were being tormented.
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Num 21.6; Wis 11.18 For when the terrible rage of wild animals came upon your people#16.5 Gk them
and they were being destroyed by the bites of writhing serpents,
your wrath did not continue to the end;
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Num 21.8, 9; Wis 11.10; Jn 3.14, 15 they were troubled for a little while as a warning
and received a symbol of deliverance to remind them of your law’s command.
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2 Kings 18.4; Jn 3.14; 1 Tim 4.10 For the one who turned toward it was saved not by the thing that was beheld
but by you, the Savior of all.
8And by this also you convinced our enemies
that it is you who deliver from every evil.
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Ex 8.24; 10.14–17; Ps 78.45; Rev 16.6 For they were killed by the bites of locusts and flies,
and no healing was found for them
because they deserved to be punished by such things.
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Num 21.6, 8, 9; Jn 3.14, 15 But your children were not conquered even by the fangs of venomous serpents,
for your mercy came to their help and healed them.
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Acts 7.38; Rom 3.2; Heb 5.12 To remind them of your oracles they were bitten
and then were quickly delivered,
so that they would not fall into deep forgetfulness
and become unresponsive#16.11 Meaning of Gk uncertain to your kindness.
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Ex 15.26; Ps 107.20 For neither herb nor poultice cured them,
but it was your word, O Lord, that heals all people.
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Deut 32.39; Tob 13.2; Rev 1.18 For you have power over life and death;
you lead mortals down to the gates of Hades and back again.
14 #
Mt 10.28
A person in wickedness kills another
but cannot bring back the departed spirit
or set free the imprisoned soul.
Disastrous Storms Strike Egypt
15To escape from your hand is impossible,
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Ex 5.2; 9.23, 24; Deut 4.34; Wis 12.27 for the ungodly, refusing to know you,
were flogged by the strength of your arm,
pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms
and utterly consumed by fire.
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v 24
; Ex 9.24; Wis 19.20For—most incredible of all—in water, which quenches all things,
the fire had still greater effect,
for the universe defends the righteous.
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Wis 19.21
At one time the flame was restrained,
so that it might not consume the creatures sent against the ungodly,
but that seeing this they might know
that they were being pursued by the judgment of God,
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v 22
; Ex 9.24; Wis 19.20and at another time even in the midst of water it burned more intensely than fire,
to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.
The Israelites Receive Manna
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Ex 16.13, 14; Ps 78.25; 2 Esd 1.19; Jn 6.31 Instead of these things you gave your people food of angels,
and without their toil you supplied them from heaven with bread ready to eat,
providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
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Ps 34.8
For your sustenance manifested your sweetness toward your children,
and the bread, ministering#16.21 Gk and it, ministering to the desire of the one who took it,
was changed to suit everyone’s liking.
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v 19
; Ex 9.23, 24; Wis 19.20, 21Snow and ice withstood fire without melting,
so that they might know that the crops of their enemies
were being destroyed by the fire that blazed in the hail
and flashed in the showers of rain;
23whereas the fire,#16.23 Gk this in order that the righteous might be fed,
even forgot its native power.
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v 17
; Wis 19.6For creation, serving you who made it,
exerts itself to punish the unrighteous
and in kindness relaxes on behalf of those who trust in you.
25 #
Wis 19.6
Therefore at that time also, changed into all forms,
it served your all-nourishing bounty,
according to the desire of those who had need,#16.25 Or who made supplication
26 #
Deut 8.3
so that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn
that it is not the production of crops that feeds humankind
but that your word sustains those who trust in you.
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v 22
; Ex 16.21For what was not destroyed by fire
was melted when simply warmed by a fleeting ray of the sun,
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Ps 5.3; 57.8; 88.13; 119.62 to make it known that one must rise before the sun to give you thanks
and must pray to you at the dawning of the light,
29for the hope of an ungrateful person will melt like wintry frost
and flow away like wastewater.
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