But the discordant cry of their enemies echoed back,
and the piteous wail of mourning for children was borne to them.
And the slave was smitten with the same retribution as the master;
even the commoner suffered the same as the king.
And all alike by one common form of death
had countless dead;
For the living were not even sufficient for the burial,
since at a single instant their most valued offspring had been...
Wisdom of Solomon 18:10–13