Haman had learned that Mordecai was a Jew. But he was not satisfied with killing only Mordecai. Haman also wanted to find a way to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, in all of Xerxes’ kingdom.
Psalm 124:3 - Easy To Read Version Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then they had swallowed us up quick, When their wrath was kindled against us: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us; American Standard Version (1901) Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us: Common English Bible then they would have swallowed us up whole with their rage burning against us! Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to remain over the lot of the just, so that the just may not extend their hands toward iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Lord will not leave the rod of sinners upon the lot of the just: that the just may not stretch forth their hands to iniquity. |
Haman had learned that Mordecai was a Jew. But he was not satisfied with killing only Mordecai. Haman also wanted to find a way to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, in all of Xerxes’ kingdom.
Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par
Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par
From heaven he helps me and saves me.\par He defeats the people who bother me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [336]})\i0 \par
The enemy decided to crush us completely.\par They burned every holy place {\cf2\super [423]} \par in the country.\par
God, people respect you\par when you punish evil people.\par You show your anger,\par and the survivors {\cf2\super [434]} become stronger.\par
The enemies are saying,\par “Come, let us destroy them completely.\par Then no person will ever again\par remember the name ‘Israel’.”\par
God, all those people joined together\par to fight against you\par and the Agreement {\cf2\super [476]} \par you made with us.\par
We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave.
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, destroyed us in the past.\par In the past, Nebuchadnezzar hurt us.\par In the past, he took our people away,\par and we became like an empty jar.\par He took the best we had.\par He was like a giant monster\par that ate everything until it was full.\par He took the best we had\par and threw us away.\par
Then Nebuchadnezzar was very angry! He looked very mean at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave an order for the oven to be heated seven times hotter that it usually was.
Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.
Saul asked him to write letters to the Jews of the synagogues {\cf2\super [185]} in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way \{of Jesus\}. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.