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Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
