and, throughout all the synagogues, ofttimes punishing them, I would fain have compelled them to defame; and, being excessively maddened against them, I went on to pursue them as far as even the outlying cities.
So shall there be taken up—from them—a curse, by all of the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon saying,—Yahweh make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, Whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!
Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And, in anger, would they entrap me.