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And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
