After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

"But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, "and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

I would even punish them frequently in every synagogue and try to make them blaspheme. Raging furiously against them, I would hunt them down even in distant cities.