justice: human and divine: ss

re: "the last days of antiochus epiphanes" (1 mac 6:1-17)

v8,11-13 "when the king [antiochus epiphanes] heard this news [his armies destroyed in judah, and previous to that also in persia], he was astounded and badly shaken. he took to his bed and became sick from disappointment, because things had not turned out for him as he had planned. [11] i said to myslef, 'to waht distress i have come! and into what a great flood i now am plunged! for i was kind and beloved in my power.' [12] but now i remember the the wrong i did in jerusalem. i seized all its vessels of silver and gold, and i sent to destroy the inhabitants of judah without good reason. [13] i know this is because of this that these MISFORTUNES have come upon me; here i am, perishing of bitter disappointment in a strange land.'"