A thousand deaths were better than this shame.
Pashur
I will face death with you, will perish in the midst of your warriors.
Hananiah
[Savagely] Dismiss the envoy. Rather death than this sacrilege.
Imre
Ye talk lightly of dying. Bethink ye that your pride means seventy thousand deaths.
Pashur
Would you profane God’s holy of holies?