Esther 5:9

⁵When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.

²⁰Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

²All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.

³Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

²⁵Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

⁵that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

⁹Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

⁴in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

¹⁹When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.