3 Maccabees 2:4-6

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⁴ You destroyed those who in the past committed injustice, among whom were even giants who trusted in their strength and boldness, whom you destroyed by bringing on them a boundless flood.^{(A) 5} You consumed with fire and sulfur the people of Sodom who acted arrogantly, who were notorious for their vices,^[a] and you made them an example to those who should come afterward.^{(B) 6} By inflicting many and varied punishments on the audacious pharaoh who had enslaved your holy people Israel, you made known your sovereignty; thus you made known your great strength.^(C)