Then they gave it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and the workmen who were working in the house of the Lord used it to restore and repair the house.

When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.

They have also emptied out the money which was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hands of the supervisors and the workmen.”

Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

But because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.

Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents,

On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.

Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day.

Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

But I said, “Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record:

Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Then on the second day the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law.

“You divided the sea before them,
So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;
And their pursuers You hurled into the depths,
Like a stone into raging waters.

“You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

“So their sons entered and possessed the land.
And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,
To do with them as they desired.

“Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,
But when they cried to You in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

“However, You bore with them for many years,
And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not give ear.
Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

All Judah then brought the tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses.

In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.

If it pleases the king, let a royal edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to another who is more worthy than she.

Let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their cosmetics be given them.

who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled.

So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

The king arose in his anger from drinking wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king.

Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow melts.

“The paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.

“If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

“The tents of the destroyers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.

“You also open Your eyes on him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

“They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

“Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?”

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

“He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.

“Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you,
That He enters into judgment against you?

“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

“Then the beast goes into its lair
And remains in its den.

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

“The arrow cannot make him flee;
Slingstones are turned into stubble for him.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

He brought me forth also into a broad place;
He rescued me, because He delighted in me.

Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord?
And who may stand in His holy place?

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.

And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

Let destruction come upon him unawares,
And let the net which he hid catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.

For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.

They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing;
They will enter into the King’s palace.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;

They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.

He turned the sea into dry land;
They passed through the river on foot;
There let us rejoice in Him!

You brought us into the net;
You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings;
I shall pay You my vows,

God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

They have seen Your procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And may they not come into Your righteousness.

Until I came into the sanctuary of God;
Then I perceived their end.

The stouthearted were plundered,
They sank into sleep;
And none of the warriors could use his hands.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

And gave up His strength to captivity
And His glory into the hand of the adversary.

And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way.

You turn man back into dust
And say, “Return, O children of men.”

“Therefore I swore in My anger,
Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”

Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name;
Bring an offering and come into His courts.

Israel also came into Egypt;
Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

He turned their waters into blood
And caused their fish to die.

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

He changes rivers into a wilderness
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

A fruitful land into a salt waste,
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

He changes a wilderness into a pool of water
And a dry land into springs of water;

Who will bring me into the besieged city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it entered into his body like water
And like oil into his bones.

Who turned the rock into a pool of water,
The flint into a fountain of water. Cross references: Psalm 114:1 : Ex 12:51; 13:3 Psalm 114:1 : Ps 81:5 Psalm 114:2 : Ex 15:17; 29:45, 46; Ps 78:68, 69 Psalm 114:2 : Ex 19:6 Psalm 114:3 : Ex 14:21; Ps 77:16 Psalm 114:3 : Josh 3:13, 16 Psalm 114:4 : Ex 19:18; Judg 5:5; Ps 18:7; 29:6; Hab 3:6 Psalm 114:5 : Hab 3:8 Psalm 114:7 : Ps 96:9 Psalm 114:8 : Ex 17:6; Num 20:11; Ps 78:15; 105:41 Psalm 114:8 : Ps 107:35 Psalm 114:8 : Deut 8:15 end of crossrefs