16. That they might learn, that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
17. For your all-powerful hand, That created the world out of formless matter, Lacked not means to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,
18. Or new-created wild beasts, full of rage, of unknown kind, Either breathing out a blast of fiery breath, Or blowing forth from their nostrils noisome smoke, Or flashing dreadful sparkles from their eyes;
19. Which had power not only to consume them by their violence, But to destroy them even by the terror of their sight.