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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
