1. He raged against the eminent, blaming him
For shedding the blood of men who had turned Jewish,

2. Yet the blood of those apostates which he shed
Was by divine sanction binding upon him.

3. They broke, by their hypocrisy, their plighted oath -
As they had earlier sinned, then raged and thundered.

4. How dare a man who, since first he reached manhood,
Had prayed and worshipped God in true unison,

5. When previously idols, ere he paid homage,
Were circumambulated daily and adored?