Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!