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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;
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Then took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
Then Job answered and said,
Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
