But merciless wrath assailed the wicked until the end,
for God knew beforehand what they were yet to do:
That though they themselves had agreed to the departure
and had anxiously sent them on their way,
they would regret it and pursue them.
For while they were still engaged in funeral rites
and mourning at the burials of the dead,
They adopted another senseless plan:
those whom they had driven out with...
Wisdom of Solomon 19