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Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
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:
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
