Verse 5

The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 6:11 : 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:
  • Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
  • 2 Kgs 10:27 : 27 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
  • Deut 13:16 : 16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its spoil every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
  • Josh 6:26 : 26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!" Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Ps 58:7 : 7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
  • Dan 2:12 : 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.