For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘In pursuit of his glory, he sent me against the nations plundering you, for whoever touches you touches the pupil of my eye.
They stopped asking, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, through a land of drought and darkness, a land no one travelled through and where no one lived? ’
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on the one she loves? I awakened you under the apricot tree. There your mother conceived you; there she conceived and gave you birth.
‘We then set out from Horeb and went across all the great and terrible wilderness you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, just as the Lord our God had commanded us. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
In all their suffering, he suffered, , and the angel of his presence saved them. He redeemed them because of his love and compassion; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of the past.
Just as underwear clings to one’s waist, so I fastened the whole house of Israel and of Judah to me’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘so that they might be my people for my fame, praise, and glory, but they would not obey.
No one cared enough about you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. But you were thrown out into the open field because you were despised on the day you were born.
Just as I entered into judgement with your ancestors in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgement with you. This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, ‘Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.’