This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.

20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!”

(3:33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

Then the servants of the king who were at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you violating the king’s commandment?”

So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away.

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear.

Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this,

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking – how much of it goes away?

Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me?

As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,