Now therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals.

And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and anguish of soul.

Turn back, my daughters, go—for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and should also bear sons,

For we are aliens and pilgrims before You,As were all our fathers;Our days on earth are as a shadow,And without hope.

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this.

The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

Is not your reverence your confidence?And the integrity of your ways your hope?

“Oh, that I might have my request,That God would grant me the thing that I long for!