The Wisdom of Solomon 12:23-27

[23] Therefore those who in folly of life lived unrighteously

you did torment through their own abominations.
[24] For they went far astray on the paths of error,
accepting as gods those animals which even
their enemies despised;
they were deceived like foolish babes.
[25] Therefore, as to thoughtless children,
you did send your judgment to mock them.
[26] But those who have not heeded the warning of light rebukes
will experience the deserved judgment of God.
[27] For when in their suffering they became incensed
at those creatures which they had thought to
be gods, being punished by means of them,
they saw and recognized as the true God him
whom they had before refused to know.
Therefore the utmost condemnation came upon them. 

IMAGE: J. Luyken, The Fourth Plague of Egypt (1743)