¹⁶ So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.

⁶ If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings^[a] in his own image.

⁵ And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying,

⁷ And I heard a voice from the altar,^[a] saying,

¹³ There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

² For you will be treated as you treat others.^[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.^[b]

¹⁵ So they seized her and led her out to the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and they killed her there.

⁷ Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.