Study Desk

And all the people went away to take food and drink, and to send food to others, and to be glad, because the words which were said to them had been made clear.

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

And because of all this we are making an agreement in good faith, and putting it in writing; and our rulers, our Levites, and our priests are putting their names to it.

Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.

Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;

Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,