I have seena wicked,violentmanSpreadinghimself like a luxurianttreein its nativesoil.
Then Joabsaid,"I will not wastetimeherewith you." So he tookthreespearsin his handand thrustthem through the heartof Absalomwhile he was yetalivein the midstof the oak.
And tenyoungmenwho carriedJoab'sarmorgatheredaroundand struckAbsalomand killedhim.
Then Hamanrecountedto them the gloryof his riches,and the numberof his sons,and every[instance] wherethe kinghad magnifiedhim and howhe had promotedhim abovethe princesand servantsof the king.
"I have seenthe foolishtakingroot,And I cursedhis abodeimmediately.
You have plantedthem, they have alsotakenroot;They grow,they have evenproducedfruit.You are nearto their lipsBut farfrom their mind.
"To whichamong the treesof Edenare you thusequalin gloryand greatness?Yet you will be broughtdownwith the treesof Edento the earthbeneath;you will liein the midstof the uncircumcised,with those who were slainby the sword.So is Pharaohand allhis hordes!"'declaresthe LordGOD."
Thereforeits heightwas loftierthanallthe treesof the fieldAnd its boughsbecamemanyand its brancheslongBecauseof manywatersas it spreadthem out.
"So he will turnhis facetoward the fortressesof his own land,but he will stumbleand falland be foundnomore.
"Thenthe magicians,the conjurers,the Chaldeansand the divinerscamein and I relatedthe dreamto them, but they could not makeits interpretationknownto me.
"His powerwill be mighty,but not by his [own] power,And he will destroyto an extraordinarydegreeAnd prosperand perform[his will]; He will destroymightymenand the holypeople.
