Wisdom 12:8

8 Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little.

Wisdom 12:8 In-Context

6 And those parents sacrificing with their own hands helpless souls, it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our parents,

7 That the land which of all is most dear to thee might receive a worthy colony of the children of God.

8 Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little.

9 Not that thou wast unable to bring the wicked under the just by war, or by cruel beasts, or with one rough word to destroy them at once:

10 But executing thy judgments by degrees thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a wicked generation, and their malice natural, and that their thought could never be changed.