Esther 7:10a, NIV So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Esther 8:11, NIV The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies. Esther 9:1-2, NIV On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king w

Exodus 2:23b, NIV The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. Exodus 16:2-4a, NIV In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” Then the Lord said to Mo

Isaiah 31:1, 3, 5b, NIV Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord. … But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, those who help will stumble, those who are helped will fall; all will perish together. … the Lord Almigh