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When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
