23:25–26. God’s anger also is matched by the anger of the invading armies of Nebuchadnezzar. The series of punishments parallel those detailed in ancient accounts of war. For example, Ashurnasirpal II (883–59 b.c.) recorded his conquest of Tela, “I captured many troops alive: I cut off of some their arms (and) hands; I cut off of others their noses, ears (and) extremities. I gouged out the eyes of many troops. I made one pile of the living (and) one of heads. I hung their heads on trees around the