^29 (A)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the ^(B)God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be ^(C)cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; ^(D)because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My ^[a]decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be ^(A)cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap.

¹⁰ So ^(A)they ^(B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

⁴ So Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

²⁷ Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the ^[a]temple of Baal and ^(A)made it a refuse dump to this day.

³⁷ and the corpse of Jezebel shall be ^(A)as refuse on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall not say, “Here lies Jezebel.” ’ ”