Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. ¹  No one can thwart you! ²  I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount! ³ 

The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages ¹  the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, ²  and nails it down so it won’t fall over.”

They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. ¹  Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s fury. ²  They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth ³  was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. ⁴ 

“The prince ¹  who is among them will raise his belongings ²  onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He ³  will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”

The land must not be sold without reclaim ¹  because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me. ² 

No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin ¹  and die.

There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live near us. ¹  So how can we make a treaty with you?”

The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.” ¹ 

Samson said to them, ¹  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ² 

Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’” ¹ 

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand! ¹ 

The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Then those in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers ¹  has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

It stands still, ¹  but I cannot recognize ²  its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice: ³