This quote means that when the oppressors are punished, it shows goodness to the people that are oppressed and the sometime it doesn’t let them get away with it. But the forgiven let them continue being oppressors and it also means that the justice is denied and it is cruel to the people that are oppressed.
The Phoenicians were the settlers in the limited land of Phoenicia. ... The Phoenician alphabet was easier to learn than cuneiform, allowing more people to be able to write and simplified trade with people who spoke different languages.