God is just but is also merciful where none is deserved.
Please believe me when I say I’m not happy playing the devils advocate here. I’m seeking. My question concerning your statement is what about the babies; the one, two, three year old children that drowned slowly as they watched their mothers die also. You can say their parents were sinners but not these children who died horrific deaths and suffered deep psychological trauma at the same time. Why bother bringing these children into the world, some of them maybe only one day old, just to kill them so young? I’m guessing the response will be the catch-all that God is sovereign and there are some questions that only he knows the answer to. Boy, do I sometimes wish he left the inquisitive side out of my brain! Hold it. Then I’d be a liberal!