Oh God Who Did This, Who Did This? (3/9)

"Justice of God! Who is it that heaps together So much peculiar torture and travail?" (Canto VII. 17-18)

To me this line was almost paradoxical. He cries out a question, asking who is it that heaps the torture and travail. This question was however preceded with "Justice of God!" And to me it in fact is the justice of God that heaps together the torture and travail. It is God's wrath that brought the soul's to Hell. It is sin against God that determines where they are in Hell. Everything about Dante's Hell is based around souls that have in some way or another betrayed God. Therefore it is in fact due completely to God that they are there. Dante exclaims "Justice of God!" and then asks who heaps together the torture and travail. That is the paradox. He asks who it is right after he has stated the answer. It is in fact God who does this. God is the creator of the souls, and God is responsible for the plight they are in now.