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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,
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
