Then shall ye take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and strike the upper beam and the two door-posts, with the blood which is in the basin, - and, ye, shall not go forth any man out of the entrance of his house, until morning,

Lest there be among you - a man or a woman or a family or a tribe, whose heart is turning to-day, from Yahweh our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations, - lest there be among you a root fruitful of poison and wormwood;

The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence, - And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust:

The poison of large serpents, is their wine, - Yea the fierce venom of asps.

At that time, came unto them Tattenai pasha Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, - and, thus, spake they unto them, Who hath issued unto you an edict, this house, to build, and, this wall, to complete?

A copy of the letter which Tattenai pasha Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his associates, the Apharsachites, who were Beyond the Rivet, sent unto Darius the king:

Now, therefore, Tattenai pasha Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the Apharsachites, who are Beyond the River, - be ye far from thence:

Then, Tattenai the pasha Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, - according as Darius the king had sent, so, forthwith, they did.

The poison of adders, shall he suck, The tongue of the viper shall slay him;

Their poison, is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder, that stoppeth his ear;

But they put in my food - poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink - vinegar!

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

Smiting peoples in passion With stroke unremitting, - Trampling, in anger, on nations, Persecution unhindered.

We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Proud exceedingly! His haughtiness and his arrogance and his passion, Not true, are his boastings.

I know - Declareth Yahweh His passion - that -- tis Unjust! His boastings, that Untrue have they made them !

Remember my humiliation and my fleeings, the wormwood and poison;

Shall horses run upon crag? or will a man plough there with oxen? For ye have turned to poison the sentence of justice, and the fruit of righteousness, to wormwood: