6. and the sellers performing the ceremonies of helpless souls, you willed to destroy by the hands of our parents,
7. so that they might worthily secure the sojourn of the children of God, in the land which is most beloved by you.
8. Yet, so that you were lenient even to these men, you sent wasps, forerunners of your army, so that you might destroy them little by little,
9. not because you were unable to subdue the impious under the just by war or by cruel beasts, or with a harsh word to exterminate them at once,
10. but, in judging by degrees, you were giving them a place of repentance, not unaware that their nation is wicked, and their malice is inherent, and that their thinking could never be changed.
11. For this offspring was accursed from the beginning. Neither did you, fearing anyone, give favor to their sins.
12. For who will say to you, "What have you done?" Or who will stand against your judgment? Or who will come before you as a defender of unfair men? Or who will accuse you, if the nations perish, which you have made?
13. For neither is there any other God but you, who has care of all, to whom you would show that you did not give judgment unjustly.
14. Neither will king or tyrant inquire before you about those whom you destroyed.
15. Therefore, since you are just, you order all things justly, considering it foreign to your virtue to condemn him who does not deserve to be punished.