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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
