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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.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
