established
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_15 6:8-12
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I hereby issue a decree concerning what you must do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the [work] will not stop.
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Whatever is needed-- young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, or wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem-- let it be given to them every day without fail,
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so that they can offer sacrifices of pleasing aroma to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
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I also issue a decree concerning any man who interferes with this directive: Let a beam be torn from his house and raised up; he will be impaled on it, and his house will be made into a garbage dump because of this [offense].
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May the God who caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who dares to harm or interfere with this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out diligently.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_17 3:12-15
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The royal scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. [It was intended for] the royal satraps, the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the royal signet ring.
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Letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces [telling the officials] to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jewish people-- young and old, women and children-- and plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
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A copy of the text, issued as law throughout every province, was distributed to all the peoples so that they might get ready for that day.
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The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_17 8:8-10
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You may write in the king's name whatever pleases you concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. A document written in the king's name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked."
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On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan), the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai ordered for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. [The edict was written] for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus' name and sealed [the edicts] with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses bred from the royal racing mares.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_17 9:20
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus' provinces, both near and far.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_17 9:21
[He ordered] them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 6:8
Therefore, Your Majesty, establish the edict and sign the document so that, as a law of the Medes and Persians, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed."
to make proclamation
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 24:9
Then a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that the tax God's servant Moses [imposed] on Israel in the wilderness be brought to the LORD.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 36:22
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The LORD put it into the mind of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also [to put it] in writing:
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 23:2
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are My appointed times, the times of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 23:4
"These are the LORD's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_27 4:1-33
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King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live in all the earth: May your prosperity increase.
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I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.
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How great are His miracles, and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.
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I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
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I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
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So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream's interpretation known to me.
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When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
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Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god-- and the spirit of the holy gods is in him-- came before me. I told him the dream:
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Belteshazzar, head of the diviners, because I know that you have a spirit of the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.
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In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the earth, and its height was great.
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The tree grew large and strong; its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
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Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the air lived in its branches, and every creature was fed from it.
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As I was lying in my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
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He called out loudly: Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
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But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky and share the plants of the earth with the animals.
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Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of an animal for seven periods of time.
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This word is by decree of the observers; the matter is a command from the holy ones. This is so the living will know that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men. He gives it to anyone He wants and sets over it the lowliest of men.
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This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can make the interpretation known to me. But you can, because you have the spirit of the holy gods.
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Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was stunned for a moment, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king said, "Belteshazzar, don't let the dream or its interpretation alarm you." Belteshazzar answered, "My lord, may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!
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The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth,
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whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant-- and on it was food for all, under it the wild animals lived, and in its branches the birds of the air lived--
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that tree is you, the king. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion [extends] to the ends of the earth.
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"The king saw an observer, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground and with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with dew from the sky, and share [food] with the wild animals for seven periods of time.'
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This is the interpretation, Your Majesty, and this is the sentence of the Most High that has been passed against my lord the king:
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You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants.
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As for the command to leave the tree's stump with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
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Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity."
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All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
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At the end of 12 months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,
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the king exclaimed, "Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?"
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While the words were still in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven: "King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.
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You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over the kingdom of men, and He gives it to anyone He wants."
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At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was executed. He was driven away from people. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles' [feathers] and his nails like birds' [claws].
from Beer-sheba
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 20:1
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the LORD at Mizpah.
for they
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 35:18
No Passover had been observed like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present [in Judah], and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_5 12:32
You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_46 11:2
Now I praise you because you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.