Quotations

«Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.»

«How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.»

«For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? / Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, / Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.»

«I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.»

«Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: / And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.»

«Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.»

«And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.»

«Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.»

«My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, / For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.»

«Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? / I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.»