They were made slaves, they were wounded, and they were killed with arrows against the trees [to which they had been tied] and for them there was no longer any glory, they no longer had power. In this way came about the destruction of the towns, which were instantly razed to the ground. Like a flash of lightning which strikes and shatters the rock, so, in an instant were the conquered people filled with terror.

And He sent His sword into their midst that each should slay his neigh- bour, and they began to slay each other till they all fell by the sword and we...

"Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation."

And as touching all this the eyes of those sheep were blinded so that they saw not, and (the eyes of) their shepherds likewise; and they delivered the...