⁵ “But the people ·refused to listen [paid no attention] to the servants and ·left to do other things [went their own way]. One went to ·work in his field [his field/farm], and another went to his business. ⁶ ·Some of the other people [or The rest] grabbed the servants, ·beat [mistreated; insulted] them, and killed them. ⁷ The king was furious and sent his army to ·kill [destroy] the murderers and burn their city [^Cprobably an allusion to the destruction of Jerusalam in ad 70].