Imre
Life is part of God’s holiness. God himself is life.
Hananiah
It would be an everlasting disgrace could the heathen look on the face of Jehovah.
Nahum
Let our foes exult; let our pride be humbled. So be it, if the city outlast our pride and our lives. King Zedekiah, save Jerusalem!
Nay, dismiss the envoy.
Zedekiah
I am naught but the hand holding the scales. I stand aloof from your decision. Make up your minds. Count your votes. Speed ye, that the matter may be settled for good or for ill.