per haec cum illis deesset bene cum illis actum est

Instead of the spring of an ever-flowing river befouled by blood mingled with water

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood

Because those enemies decreed that the babies of your people should be killed, you stirred up the sources of their everflowing river and made it foul with blood. In the desert you let your people go thirsty, to give them a taste of how you had punished their enemies. And then, when they least expected it, you gave them plenty of water.

For soothly for the well of everlasting flood, thou gavest man’s blood to unjust men. [For why forsooth for the well of the everlasting flood, man’s blood thou gave to unrightwise men.]

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood

So instead of a source of fresh water, your enemies found their own flowing river to be polluted with blood and gore. It was a judgment on those who killed their own children.

Instead of a river’s perennial source, troubled with impure blood

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood

Instead of the fountain of an ever-flowing river, stirred up and defiled with blood