Know that the day of reckoning is at hand.

It will come with its mercy, and it will come with its justice.
Put away this woman." Herod grew white with rage that a man of the people should dare to speak thus to him.

Royal ears cannot endure such a thing, so he put the preacher in prison.
But the next night the prince had a bad dream.

From the battlements he saw the city fall stone by stone into the abyss; he saw flames break out in the palace and temple, and the sound of infinite wailing rang through the air.

When he awoke the words came into his mind: You who stone the prophets! and he determined to set the preacher free.
It was now the time when Herod should celebrate his birthday.