- the burden:
- "Thus the Jewsª smoteª° all¹ their enemiesª° with the strokeª of the sword,ª and slaughter,ª and destruction,ª and didª° what they wouldª unto those that hatedª° them. ... And the kingª commandedª° it so¹ to be done:ª° and the decreeª was givenª° at Shushan;ª and they hangedª° Haman'sª tenª sons.ª" {Est 9:5-14} + "Because¹ Hamanª the sonª of Hammedatha,ª the Agagite,ª the enemyª° of all¹ the Jews,ª had devisedª° against¹ the Jewsª to destroyª° them, and had castª° Pur,ª that¹ [is], the lot,ª to consumeª° them, and to destroyª° them; ... But when [Esther] cameª° beforeª the king,ª he commandedª° by¹ lettersª that his wickedª device,ª which¹ he devisedª° against¹ the Jews,ª should returnª° upon¹ his own head,ª and that he and his sonsª should be hangedª° on¹ the gallows.ª" {Est 9:24-25} + "Godª shall likewise¹ destroyª° thee for ever,ª he shall take thee away,ª° and pluck thee outª° of [thy] dwelling place,ª¹ and root¹ thee out²° of the landª¹ of the living.ª Selah.ª" {Psa 52:5} + "Put not¹ your trustª° in princes,ª [nor] in the sonª of man,ª in whom [there is] no¹¹ help.ª" {Psa 146:3} + "Thus¹ saithª° the LORD;ª Cursedª° [be] the manª that¹ trustethª° in man,ª and makethª° fleshª his arm,ª and whose heartª departethª° from¹ the LORD.ª ... For he shall be¹ like the heath²¹ in the desert,ª and shall not¹ seeª° when¹ goodª cometh;ª° but shall inhabitª° the parched placesª in the wilderness,ª [in] a saltª landª and not¹ inhabited.ª°" {Jer 17:5-6}
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