And Haman went out that day rejoicing and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordeḵ
And Aḥ
And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naḇ
And when maidens were assembled a second time, Mordeḵ
And all the sovereign’s servants who were in the sovereign’s gate bowed and did obeisance to Haman, for so the sovereign had commanded concerning him. But Mordeḵ
And when Haman saw that Mordeḵ
“But all this does not suit me, as long as I see Mordeḵ
that the singing of the wrong is short-lived, and the joy of the defiled one is but for a moment?
if the men of my tent did not say, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
In whose eyes a reprobate one is despised, But he esteems those who fear יהוה ; He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Though an army encamps against me, My heart does not fear; Though battle comes up against me, Even then I would be trusting.
Then Neḇ
“And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in Gehenna.
Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ
“Woe to you who have been filled, because you shall hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now, because you shall mourn and weep.
“Truly, truly, I say to you that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. And you shall be grieved, but your grief shall become joy.
And hearing this they were cut to the hearts and gnashed the teeth at him.
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection.