His word when it goes softly, ruins the land;

His word when it goes powerfully, destroys the houses;

His word makes people sick, it makes the people weak;

His word when it goes on high, makes the land sick;

His word when it goes below, devastates the land;

His word when there are five in a house, drives out five;

His word when there are ten in a house, drives out ten.

—Hymn to Nergal No. 6.

The utterance of my exalted command destroys the land of the foe.

—Hymn to Belit.