Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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TSK · Jonah 1:6
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Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
what mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling.
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.