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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not.
Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
