44 And the king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,
45 and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and should profane the Sabbaths and feasts,
46 and pollute the sanctuary and them that were holy;
47 that they should build altars, and temples, and shrines for idols, and should sacrifice swine’s flesh and unclean beasts:
48 and that they should leave their sons uncircumcised, that they should make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation;
49 so that they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
50 And whoever shall not do according to the word of the king, he shall die.