28 There are winds that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on their scourges heavily. In the time of reckoning, they pour out their strength, and will appease the wrath of him who made them. (WEB) 29 Fire, hail, famine, and death— all these are created for vengeance— (WEB) 30 wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction. (WEB)
Sirach 39:28–30
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