8 And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth. (KJV) 9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own evils, and were ready to perish. (KJV) 10 Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water. (KJV)
Greek Esther 11:8–10
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