Esther 7:8

Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’

There were hangings of white and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

and sat on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you set my incense and my oil.

Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall;

They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.

The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.

“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”

When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to the earth before him.

“This is what Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

My God, I have trusted in you. Don’t let me be shamed. Don’t let my enemies triumph over me.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.

The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.

I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”

You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.

saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.”

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,

However he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.

As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Behold, Yahweh will overcome you and hurl you away violently. Yes, he will grasp you firmly.

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

Their nobles send their little ones to the waters. They come to the cisterns, and find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he wanted to, and he kept alive whom he wanted to. He raised up whom he wanted to, and he put down whom he wanted to.

The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.

The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Behold, I give some of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie—behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.