ThenNebuchadnezzarwas filledwith wrath,and his facialexpressionwas alteredtowardShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego.He answeredby givingordersto heatthe furnaceseventimesmorethanit was usuallyheated.
Jacobsawthe attitudeof Laban,and behold,it was not [friendly] towardhim as formerly.
When Hamansawthat Mordecaineitherboweddownnorpaidhomageto him, Hamanwas filledwith rage.
The kingarosein his angerfrom drinkingwine[and went] into the palacegarden;but Hamanstayedto begfor his lifefrom QueenEsther,for he sawthat harmhad been determinedagainsthim by the king.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
The furyof a kingis [like] messengersof death,But a wisemanwill appeaseit.
"Proud,""Haughty,""Scoffer,"are his names,Who actswith insolentpride.
"I will putit into the handof your tormentors,Whohave saidto you, 'Liedownthat we may walkover[you].' You have even madeyour backlike the groundAnd like the streetfor those who walkover[it]."
Becauseof thisthe kingbecameindignantand veryfuriousand gaveordersto destroyallthe wisemenof Babylon.
ThenNebuchadnezzarin rageand angergaveordersto bringShadrach,Meshachand Abed-nego;thenthesemenwere broughtbeforethe king.
He commandedcertainvaliantwarriorswho[were] in his armyto tieup Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-negoin order to cast[them] into the furnaceof blazingfire.
Thenthe king'sfacegrewpaleand his thoughtsalarmedhim, and his hipjointswentslackand his kneesbegan knockingtogether.
The kingthen gaveorders,and they broughtthosemenwhohad maliciouslyaccusedDaniel,and they castthem, their childrenand their wivesinto the lions'den;and they had not reachedthe bottomof the denbeforethe lionsoverpoweredthem and crushedalltheir bones.
Ifalso afterthesethingsyou do not obeyMe, then I will punishyou seventimesmorefor your sins.
Ifthen, you actwith hostilityagainstMe and are unwillingto obeyMe, I will increasethe plagueon you seventimesaccording to your sins.
then I will actwith hostilityagainstyou; and I, evenI, will strikeyou seventimesfor your sins.
then I will actwith wrathfulhostilityagainstyou, and I, evenI, will punishyou seventimesfor your sins.
But when they heardthis, they were cut to the quickand intendedto killthem.
Nowwhen they heardthis,they were cutto the quick,and they [began] gnashingtheir teethat him.
