Wisdom 16:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just.

¹⁸ For at one time, the fire was mitigated, that the beasts which were sent against the wicked might not be burned, but that they might see and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God.

¹⁹ And at another time the fire, above its own power, burned in the midst of water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked land.