Esther 3:8
Haman went to King Xerxes and said, “There's a particular people living among others in many different places throughout the provinces of your empire who cut themselves off from everybody else. They have their own laws which are different from those of any other people, and what's more, they don't obey the king's laws. So it's not a good idea for Your Majesty to ignore them.
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Leviticus 26:33I'm going to scatter you among the nations. You will be chased out by armies with swords as your land is ruined and your towns are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the other nations, and not many of you will survive in the countries where the Lord has exiled you.
Deuteronomy 32:26I would have told them I was going to cut them to pieces and wipe out even the memory of them;
Ezra 4:12Your Majesty should be informed that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, completing repairs to the walls, and mending its foundations.
Nehemiah 1:8Please remember what you told Moses when you said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
Ezekiel 6:8However, I will let some of you survive and scatter you among the different nations and countries.
Matthew Henry on Esther 3:8-15
Haman Obtains Leave to Slay the Jews. ( b. c. 510.) 7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is… Read the whole commentary →