For they have conspiredtogetherwith one mind;AgainstYou they makea covenant:
see[how] they are rewardingus by comingto driveus out from Your possessionwhichYou have givenus as an inheritance.
But he disdainedto layhandson Mordecaialone,for they had toldhim [who] the peopleof Mordecai[were]; therefore Hamansoughtto destroyallthe Jews,the peopleof Mordecai,who[were] throughout the wholekingdomof Ahasuerus.
Thenthey would have swallowedus alive,When their angerwas kindledagainst us;
The kingsof the earthtaketheir standAnd the rulerstakecounseltogetherAgainstthe LORDand againstHis Anointed,saying,
They saidin their heart,"Let us completelysubduethem." They have burnedallthe meetingplacesof Godin the land.
Thereis nowisdomand nounderstandingAnd nocounselagainstthe LORD.
When it was reportedto the houseof David,saying,"The Arameanshave campedin Ephraim,"his heartand the heartsof his peopleshookas the treesof the forestshakewith the wind.
"Have you not observedwhatthispeoplehave spoken,saying,The twofamilieswhichthe LORDchose,He has rejectedthem'? Thus they despiseMy people,nolongerare they as a nationin their sight.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Becausethe Philistineshave actedin revengeand have takenvengeancewith scornof soulto destroywith everlastingenmity,"
"And nowmanynationshave been assembledagainstyou Who say,'Let her be polluted,And let our eyesgloatover Zion.'
"For the Canaanitesand allthe inhabitantsof the landwill hearof it, and they will surroundus and cutoffour namefrom the earth.And whatwill You dofor Your greatname?"
"Thesehaveonepurpose,and they givetheir powerand authorityto the beast.
And I sawthe beastand the kingsof the earthand their armiesassembledto makewaragainstHim who saton the horseand againstHis army.
