Pashur
Better that the temple should crumble to dust, than that the tabernacle should be desecrated.
Imre
[In consternation] He would look upon the holy of holies! Terrible is the request.
Pashur
Unbounded is the insolence of the heathen ruler! Dismiss his messenger, Lord King. Send back the envoy.
Hananiah
Send back the envoy. Never must such a thing be.
Nahum
Be not too hasty, O King. In our hands lies the welfare of the nation.