The king’s heart ¹  is in the hand ²  of the Lord like channels of water; ³  he turns it wherever he wants.

Then they said, “We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.” ¹ 

Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases! ¹ 

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that ¹  those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, ²  and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before ¹  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.”

so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” ¹ 

since he wants ¹  all people ²  to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

For human ¹  anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness. ² 

because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds. ¹ 

So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, ¹  “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”

He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, ¹  and a gallon ²  of olive oil with each ephah of grain. ³ 

If someone wishes ¹  to contend ²  with him, he cannot answer ³  him one time in a thousand.

My days have passed, my plans ¹  are shattered, even ²  the desires ³  of my heart.

The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but then night. ¹  If you want to ask, ask; come back again.” ² 

¹  No ²  one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’” ³ 

You ought to say instead, ¹  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, “So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!”

You will be driven ¹  from human society, ²  and you will live ³  with the wild animals. You will be fed ⁴  grass like oxen, ⁵  and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before ⁶  you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.

He was driven from human society, his mind ¹  was changed to that of an animal, he lived ²  with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.

So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes. ¹