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57 This is how you both have been dealing with the daughters of Israel, and they were intimate with you through fear; but a daughter of Judah would not endure your wickedness. 58 Now then, tell me: Under what tree did you catch them being intimate with each other?” He answered, “Under an evergreen oak.”[a] 59 And Daniel said to him, “Very well! You also have lied against your own head, for the angel of God is waiting with his sword to saw[b] you in two, that he may destroy you both.”

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Footnotes

  1. Susanna 1:58 The Greek words for evergreen oak and saw are so similar that the use of saw is ironic wordplay
  2. Susanna 1:59 The Greek words for evergreen oak and saw are so similar that the use of saw is ironic wordplay

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