¹⁷ Behold, Yahweh, like a [strong] man, will hurl you away violently; yes, he will wrap you up closely.

⁸ Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen on the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

²⁴ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?

³ Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.