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So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as Zechariah died he said, "May the LORD see and avenge!"

"Therefore the wrath of the LORD was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

"Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were untrue to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, just as you see.

"Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I am bringing on this place and its inhabitants."'" And they brought back word to the king.

"Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's shame, for this reason we have sent word and informed the king,

Then I said to them, "You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a disgrace."

And our enemies said, "They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them, and put a stop to the work."

Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai's reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

"Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

"For how can I endure to see the disaster which will happen to my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?"

"Now you write to the Jews as you see fit, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's signet ring; for a decree which is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring may not be revoked."

"May the stars of its twilight be darkened; May it wait for light but have none, And may it not see the breaking dawn;

"Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid.

"Now please look at me, And see if I am lying to your face.

"Remember that my life is a mere breath; My eye will not see goodness again.

"If He were to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

'Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as mankind sees?

"Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,

Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself, And whom my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me!