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What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door—

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.