1 But merciless wrath assailed the wicked until the end,for God knew beforehand what they were yet to do:
2 That though they themselves had agreed to the departureand had anxiously sent them on their way,they would regret it and pursue them.
3 For while they were still engaged in funeral ritesand mourning at the burials of the dead,They adopted another senseless plan:those whom they had driven out with entreatiesthey now pursued as fugitives.
4 For a compulsion appropriate to this ending drew them on,and made them forget what had befallen them,That they might complete the torments of their punishment,
5 and your people might experience a glorious journeywhile those others met an extraordinary death.
6 For all creation, in its several kinds, was being made over anew,serving your commands, that your children might be preserved unharmed.