17 For against all expectation, in water which quenches everything,the fire grew more active;For the universe fights on behalf of the righteous.
18 Then the flame was temperedso that the beasts that were sent upon the wicked might not be burnt up,but that these might see and know that they were struck by the judgment of God;
19 And again, even in the water, fire blazed beyond its strengthso as to consume the produce of the wicked land.
20 Instead of this, you nourished your people with food of angelsand furnished them bread from heaven, ready to hand, untoiled-for,endowed with all delights and conforming to every taste.
21 For this substance of yours revealed your sweetness toward your children,and serving the desire of the one who received it,was changed to whatever flavor each one wished.
22 Yet snow and ice withstood fire and were not melted,so that they might know that their enemies’ fruitsWere consumed by a fire that blazed in the hailand flashed lightning in the rain.
23 But this fire, again, in order that the righteous might be nourished,forgot even its proper strength;