Becauseof thisthe kingbecameindignantand veryfuriousand gaveordersto destroyallthe wisemenof Babylon.
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
The furyof a kingis [like] messengersof death,But a wisemanwill appeaseit.
The king'swrathis like the roaringof a lion,But his favoris like dewon the grass.
The terrorof a kingis like the growlingof a lion;He who provokeshim to angerforfeitshis own life.
An angrymanstirsup strife,And a hot-temperedmanaboundsin transgression.
Therefore,Danielwentin to Arioch,whomthe kinghad appointedto destroythe wisemenof Babylon;he wentand spoketo him as follows:"Do not destroythe wisemenof Babylon!Takeme into the king'spresence,and I will declarethe interpretationto the king."
The kingrepliedto the Chaldeans,"The commandfrom me is firm:ifyou do not makeknownto me the dreamand its interpretation,you will be tornlimbfrom limb and your houseswill be madea rubbishheap.
ThenNebuchadnezzarin rageand angergaveordersto bringShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego;thenthesemenwere broughtbeforethe king.
ThenNebuchadnezzarwas filledwith wrath,and his facialexpressionwas alteredtowardShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego.He answeredby givingordersto heatthe furnaceseventimesmorethanit was usuallyheated.
"Becauseof the grandeurwhichHe bestowedon him, allthe peoples,nationsand [men of every] languagefearedand trembledbeforehim; whomeverhe wishedhe killedand whomeverhe wishedhe sparedalive;and whomeverhe wishedhe elevatedand whomeverhe wishedhe humbled.
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
"But I sayto you that everyonewho is angrywith his brothershall be guiltybefore the court;and whoeversaysto his brother,You good-for-nothing,'shall be guiltybefore the supreme court;and whoeversays,'You fool,'shall be guilty[enough to go] into the fieryhell.
