The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Mes
They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel
And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plund
May they vanish like water that runs off; when they draw the bow, may their arrows be blunted.
This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Je