and Barak concludes with an imprecation that Yahweh’s enemies might perish (Judg. 5:31). Jeremiah the prophet used repeated imprecations against his enemies (Jer. 11:20; 15:15; 17:18; 18:21–23; 20:12). Such imprecations are not limited to the Old Testament, but are found in the New Testament as well (Rev. 6:9–10). Other portions of the New Testament are considered by some to contain imprecations (Acts 13:10–11; 23:3; 1 Cor. 16:22; Gal. 1:8–9; 5:12; 2 Tim. 4:14), but while these verses contain a curse