17 Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O Lord. (KJV) 18 All Israel in like manner cried most earnestly unto the Lord, because their death was before their eyes. (KJV)
Greek Esther 13:17–18
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Greek Esther 4:26–28
26 Do not overlook your people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt. (WEB) 27 Listen to my prayer. Have mercy on your inheritance and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord. Don’t utterly destroy the… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 9:45–47
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1 Maccabees 4:9–11
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Judith 7:28–30
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Baruch 3:3–5
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2 Baruch 48:18–20
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50 Nevertheless, when they reflected upon the help previously granted them from heaven, they prostrated themselves with one accord, removed even the sucking children from the breasts, and (WEB) 51 sent up an exceedingly great cry asking the Lord of all power to reveal him… (WEB)
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