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Take a potter, now, laboriously working the soft earth, shaping each object for us to use. Out of the self-same clay, he models vessels intended for a noble use and those for a contrary purpose, all alike: but which of these two uses each will have is for the potter himself to decide. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 7)
Then -- ill -- spent effort!-from the same clay he models a futile god, although so recently made out of earth himself and shortly to return to what he was taken from, when asked to give back the soul that has been lent to him. (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 8)
What is more, he looks on this life of ours as a kind of game, and our time here like a fair, full of bargains. 'However foul the means,' he says, 'a man must make a living.' (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 12)
But most foolish, more pitiable even than the soul of a little child, are the enemies who once played the tyrant with your people, (Wisdom of Solomon 15, 14)
Thus they were appropriately punished by similar creatures and tormented by swarms of vermin. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 1)
In contrast to this punishment, you did your people a kindness and, to satisfy their sharp appetite, provided quails -- a luscious rarity -- for them to eat. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 2)
Thus the Egyptians, at the repulsive sight of the creatures sent against them, were to find that, though they longed for food, they had lost their natural appetite; whereas your own people, after a short privation, were to have a rare relish for their portion. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 3)
Inevitable that relentless want should seize on the former oppressors; enough for your people to be shown how their enemies were being tortured. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 4)
Even when the fearful rage of wild animals overtook them and they were perishing from the bites of writhing snakes, your retribution did not continue to the end. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 5)
Affliction struck them briefly, by way of warning, and they had a saving token to remind them of the commandment of your Law, (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 6)
for whoever turned to it was saved, not by what he looked at, but by you, the Saviour of all. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 7)
And by such means you proved to our enemies that you are the one who delivers from every evil; (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 8)
