The Wisdom of Solomon 16:15-23

[15] To escape from your hand is impossible;
[16] for the ungodly, refusing to know you,
were scourged by the strength of your arm,
pursued by unusual rains and hail and relentless storms,
and utterly consumed by fire.
[17] For—most incredible of all—in the water,
which quenches all things,
the fire had still greater effect,
for the universe defends the righteous.
[18] At one time the flame was restrained,
so that it might not consume the creatures
sent against the ungodly,
but that seeing this they might know
that they were being pursued by the judgment of God;
[19] and at another time even in the midst of water
it burned more intensely than fire,
to destroy the crops of the unrighteous land.
[20] Instead of these things you did give your
people food of angels,
and without their toil you did supply them
from heaven with bread ready to eat,
providing every pleasure and suited to every taste.
[21] For your sustenance manifested your sweetness
toward your children;
and the bread, ministering to the desire of
the one who took it,
was changed to suit everyone's liking.
[22] Snow and ice withstood fire without melting,
so that they might know that the crops of their enemies
were being destroyed by the fire that blazed in the hail
and flashed in the showers of rain;
[23] whereas the fire, in order that the righteous might be fed,
even forgot its native power. 

IMAGE: John Martin, The Seventh Plague of Egypt (1823)