"And I issueda decreethat anymanwhoviolatesthisedict,a timbershall be drawnfrom his houseand he shall be impaledon it and his houseshall be madea refuseheapon accountof this.
They also brokedownthe [sacred] pillarof Baaland brokedownthe houseof Baal,and madeit a latrineto this day.
and the corpseof Jezebelwill be as dungon the faceof the fieldin the propertyof Jezreel,sothey cannotsay,"Thisis Jezebel."'"
"Whoeverwill not observethe lawof your Godand the lawof the king,let judgmentbe executedupon him strictly,whetherfor deathorfor banishmentorfor confiscationof goodsor for imprisonment."
Esthersaid,"Ifit pleasesthe king,may the kingand Hamancomethis dayto the banquetthat I have preparedfor him."
So they hangedHamanon the gallowswhichhe had preparedfor Mordecai,and the king'sangersubsided.
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.
"Therefore I makea decreethat anypeople,nationor tonguethat speaksanything offensiveagainstthe Godof Shadrach,Meshachand Abed-negoshall be tornlimbfrom limb and their housesreducedto a rubbishheap,inasmuchas thereis noothergodwhois ableto deliverin thisway."
