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But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end;
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how, having changed their minds to let your people go,
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For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning,
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For the doom which they deserved was drawing them to this end,
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and that your people might journey on by a marvellous road,
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For the whole creation, each part in its diverse kind, was made new again,
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Then the cloud that overshadowed the camp was seen,
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by which they passed over with all their army,
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For like horses they roamed at large,
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For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning,
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But afterwards, they also saw a new kind of birds,
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for, to comfort them, quails came up for them from the sea.
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Punishments came upon the sinners,
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For while the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them,
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And not only so, but while punishment of some sort will come upon the former,
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because these first welcomed with feastings,
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And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight
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For as the notes of a lute vary the character of the rhythm,
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For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters,
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Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water,
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On the contrary, flames didn’t consume flesh of perishable creatures that walked amongst them,
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For in all things, O Lord, you magnified your people,