It avenges the oppression of Israel.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Fear thou that oath, my daughter-nay, not fear, But love it; for the sanctity of oaths Lies not in lightning that avenges them, But in the injury wrought by broken bonds And in the garnered good of human trust.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
The very weakness of this child avenges itself in death.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann