²⁹ Therefore I decree^(A) that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble,^(B) for no other god can save^(C) in this way.”

⁵ The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided:^(A) If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces^(B) and your houses turned into piles of rubble.^(C)

⁴ “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.”

²⁷ They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple^(A) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

³⁷ Jezebel’s body will be like dung^(A) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

¹⁰ So they impaled^(A) Haman^(B) on the pole^(C) he had set up for Mordecai.^(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.^(E)