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The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
