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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;
Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Thou shalt not kill.
And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
