Letters [were] sent by couriers to all the provinces of the king to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, {both young and old}, women and children, on one day, the thirteenth day of the month, that [is] Adar, and to plunder their goods.

And Esther's maids and her eunuchs came and they told her, and the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mordecai so that he might remove his sackcloth--but he did not accept [them].

But Haman controlled himself and went to his house, and he sent [for] and brought his friends and Zeresh his wife.

And the king removed his signet ring that he had taken away from Haman, and he gave it to Mordecai. So Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Write {as you see fit} concerning the Jews in the name of the king, and seal [it] with the king's signet ring; for a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring cannot be revoked."

And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and he sealed [the letters] with the king's signet ring and sent them by couriers on horses, riding on royal horses {bred by} racing mares.

Mordecai wrote down these things and he sent letters to all the Jews who [were] in all [of] the provinces of King Ahasuerus, [both] near and far,

He sent letters of words of peace and truth to all the Jews, to the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of Ahasuerus' kingdom,

And his sons used to go and hold a feast {at each other's house} on his day, and they would send, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

for then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words have been rash,

If your children sinned against him, then he sent them into the {power} of their transgression.

"Strength and sound wisdom [are] with him; [the] deceived and [the] deceiver [are] his.

at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant.

You overpower him forever, and he passes away; [you] change {his countenance}, {then} you send him away.

{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.

They send out their little ones like the flock, and their children dance around.

They {sing} to [the] tambourine and lyre, and they rejoice to [the] sound of [the] long flute.

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

"Surely someone must not send a hand against [the] needy when, in his misfortune, [there is] a cry of help for them.

"Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard [the] sound of [your] words:

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? And will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

With roar and rage {it races over the ground}, and it cannot stand still at [the] sound of [the] horn.

Listen to the sound of my pleading, my king and my God, for to you I pray.

Depart from me, all workers of evil, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.

There is no speech and there are no words; their sound is inaudible.

May he send you help from [the] sanctuary, and from Zion may he sustain you.

Send your light and your truth; they shall lead me. They shall bring me to {your holy mountain} and to your dwelling places.

God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with [the] sound of a trumpet.

He will send from heaven and save me; he will reproach [the] one who tramples me. Selah God will send his loyal love and his faithfulness.

Bless our God, O peoples, and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,

However, God has listened; he has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Do not forget the sound of your adversaries, the roar of those rising up against you ascending continually.

The sound of your thunder [was] in the whirlwind; lightnings lit [the] world; the earth shook and quaked.

Humankind ate [the] bread of {angels}. He sent them food [enough] to be satisfied.

Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.

He sent among them flies that devoured them and frogs that destroyed them.

He sent against them his fierce anger, rage and indignation and trouble, a band of {destroying} angels.

Sing praises to Yahweh with lyre, with lyre and melodious sound.

With trumpets and sound of horn, shout joyfully before the king, Yahweh.

Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.

Bless Yahweh, you his angels, [you] mighty heroes who do his word by {obeying} the sound of his word.

At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they ran off.

You send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of [the] ground.

He sent a man on ahead of them; Joseph was sold as a slave.

[The] king sent and he freed him; [the] ruler of [the] peoples [sent] and let him loose.

He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron whom he had chosen.

He sent darkness and made [it] dark, and they did not rebel against his words.

So he gave to them their request, but he sent leanness into their souls.

He sent his word and healed them, and he delivered [them] from their pits.

Yahweh will send out your mighty scepter from Zion; rule in the midst of your enemies.

He has sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and fearful [is] his name.

[they have] their hands, but they cannot feel, their feet, but they cannot walk; they cannot utter a sound in their throats.

[The] sound of rejoicing and salvation [is] in [the] tents of [the] righteous; the right hand of Yahweh [has] done valiantly.

He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

If I should count them, they would outnumber [the] sand. I awaken, and I [am] still with you.

For the upright, he stores sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly,

My child, may they not escape from your {sight}; may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.

perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.

{Advice and sound judgment} are mine; I am understanding, {strength is mine}.

She has sent her servant girls, she calls upon the wings of the high places of town,

A ring of gold in [the] snout of a pig [is] a woman [who is] beautiful but without discretion.

An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

He who is selfish seeks a craving; against all sound judgment he shows contempt.

[In order] to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- [in order] to return a true saying to him who sent you.

Like the cold of snow on a day of harvest [is] a faithful messenger to those who send him, and the soul of his master is refreshed.

Heavy [is] a stone and weighty [is] sand, but [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavier than both of them.

Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it.

When the doors on the street are shut, when the sound of the grinding mill is low; one rises up to the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low.

Your lips drip nectar, [my] bride; honey and milk [are] under your lips; the scent of your garments [is] like the scent of Lebanon.

I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."

I say, "I will climb up the palm tree; I will lay hold of its fruit clusters." Let your breasts [be pleasing] like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like the apples.

the signet rings and the nose rings,

And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown [with] briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command {them not to send} rain down upon it.

And the pivots of the thresholds shook from the sound of those who called, and the house was filled [with] smoke.

Then I heard [the] voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "I [am] here! Send me!"

The Lord has sent out a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel.

I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send leanness among his sturdy warriors, and a burning like [the] burning of fire will burn under his glory.

For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea, [only] a remnant of it will return. Annihilation [is] determined, overflowing [with] righteousness.

A sound, a noise [is] on the mountains, [the] likeness [of] many people! A sound of [the] roar of [the] kingdoms, of nations gathering! Yahweh of hosts [is] mustering an army for battle.

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

Send a ram [to the] ruler [of the] land, from Sela [across the] desert to the mountain of {daughter Zion}.

And it will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry out to Yahweh because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and a {defender}, and he will deliver them.

In [the] year {the commander-in-chief came} to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and he took it,

And this shall happen: The one who flees from the sound of the terror shall fall into the pit, and the one who goes up from {inside the pit} shall be caught in the snare, for [the] windows from heaven are opened, and [the] foundations of [the] earth tremble.

And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls; he will bring [it] low; he will {send it} to the ground, to [the] dust.

{Days are coming}, let Jacob take root; Israel will blossom and send out shoots, and they will fill [the] face of [the] world [with] fruit.

You will be punished by Yahweh of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great sound, storm wind and tempest and [the] flame of a devouring fire.

For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem, you will surely not weep. Surely he will be gracious to you; when he hears the sound of your cry, he will answer you.

At [the] sound of tumult, peoples fled; because of your exaltation, nations scattered.

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a large army, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on [the] highway of [the] field of [the] washer.

But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your masters and you? [Was it] not for the people who sit on the wall, to eat their dung and drink their urine with you?"

And he sent Eliakim, who [was] {in charge of} the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and the elders of the priests {covered} with sackcloth to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.

Maybe Yahweh your God heard [the] words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt [the] living God, and he will rebuke the words that Yahweh your God hears. And you must lift up a prayer for the benefit of the remnant that is found.'"

Now he heard concerning Tirhakah the king of Cush, saying, "He has set out to fight against you." When he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Yahweh, extend your ear and hear! Yahweh, open your eyes and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt the living God!