- the burden:
- "Thus the Jewsª smoteªº all¹ their enemiesªº with the strokeª of the sword,ª and slaughter,ª and destruction,ª and didªº what they wouldª unto those that hatedªº them. ... And the kingª commandedªº it so¹ to be done:ªº and the decreeª was givenªº at Shushan;ª and they hangedªº Haman'sª tenª sons.ª" {Est 9:5-14} + "Because¹ Hamanª the sonª of Hammedatha,ª the Agagite,ª the enemyªº of all¹ the Jews,ª had devisedªº against¹ the Jewsª to destroyªº them, and had castªº Pur,ª that¹ [is], the lot,ª to consumeªº them, and to destroyªº them; ... But when [Esther] cameªº beforeª the king,ª he commandedªº by¹ lettersª that his wickedª device,ª which¹ he devisedªº against¹ the Jews,ª should returnªº upon¹ his own head,ª and that he and his sonsª should be hangedªº on¹ the gallows.ª" {Est 9:24-25} + "Godª shall likewise¹ destroyªº thee for ever,ª he shall take thee away,ªº and pluck thee outªº of [thy] dwelling place,ª¹ and root¹ thee out²º of the landª¹ of the living.ª Selah.ª" {Psa 52:5} + "Put not¹ your trustªº in princes,ª [nor] in the sonª of man,ª in whom [there is] no¹¹ help.ª" {Psa 146:3} + "Thus¹ saithªº the LORD;ª Cursedªº [be] the manª that¹ trustethªº in man,ª and makethªº fleshª his arm,ª and whose heartª departethªº from¹ the LORD.ª ... For he shall be¹ like the heath²¹ in the desert,ª and shall not¹ seeªº when¹ goodª cometh;ªº but shall inhabitªº the parched placesª in the wilderness,ª [in] a saltª landª and not¹ inhabited.ªº" {Jer 17:5-6}
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