Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down their city.

"Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

so that on you will come the guilt of all the blood of the righteous shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah [the priest], the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.