By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all
They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and