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During all of this, I was not in Jerusalem because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. At the end of some days I asked permission from the king to leave.

Remember them, my God, because of their defilements of the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

"According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?

And let the king's decree that he will make be proclaimed in all his kingdom, because it is vast and all the women will honor their husbands, great and small."

Esther did not disclose her people and her family because Modecai had charged her that she must not tell.

I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this is not a need sufficient to trouble the king."

And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Haman's house to Esther, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he plotted against the Jews.

In every province and city, wherever the king's edict and his law came, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a banquet and a holiday, and many of the people from the country were posing as Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, governors, and those who did the work of the king were supporting the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Therefore they called these days Purim, because of the name Pur. Thus because of all the words of this letter, and of what they faced concerning this, and of what had happened to them,

Then when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their heart." This is what Job used to do all the time.

Then they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very great.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

because the dread that I feel has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.

They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came here and they are confounded.

Is it because I have said, ‘Give to me,' or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

And you will have confidence because there is hope; and you will be well protected—you will sleep in safety.

Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;