83

Ezra Chapter 83

1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee

3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin,

10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art