They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There they executed her.

A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: “Memorandum:

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies.

The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!

Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, “Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?”

Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll.

The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as 175 feet.

At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers

Then King Nebuchadnezzar bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage to Daniel. He gave orders to offer sacrifice and incense to him.