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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
