<t /><p class="poetry">Not only that,<n id="1" /> but I have seen the wicked approaching<n id="2" /> and entering the temple,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and as they left the holy temple,<n id="4" /> theyp> <p class="poetry">boasted<n id="5" /> in the city that they had done so.p> <p class="poetry">This also is an enigma.<n id="6" />p>

&#8220;Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don&#8217;t eat and don&#8217;t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I<n id="1" /> will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law.<n id="2" /> If I perish, I perish!&#8221;p>