⁵ The king answered and said to ^(A)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be ^(B)torn limb from limb, ^(C)and your ^(D)houses shall be laid in ruins.

²⁹ Therefore ^(A)I make a decree: Any ^(B)people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of ^(C)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ^(D)shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”

¹¹ Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and ^(A)his house shall be made a dunghill.

²⁷ And they demolished the ^(A)pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it ^(B)a latrine to this day.

¹² Because of this the king was angry and ^(A)very furious, and ^(B)commanded that all ^(C)the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

³³ And Samuel said, ^(A)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord ^(B)in Gilgal.

²⁶ Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, ^(A)“Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.