Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews.

When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps,

Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish.

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.

Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.

Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur.

The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!”

He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.