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For through the very things by which their enemies were punished, they themselves received benefit in their need.
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Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood
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in rebuke for the decree to kill the infants, you gave them abundant water unexpectedly,
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showing by their thirst at that time how you punished their enemies.
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For when they were tried, though they were being disciplined in mercy, they learned how the ungodly were tormented when judged in wrath.
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