⁶ The Lord regretted^(A) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(B) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(C)”

³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah,^(A) so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

²⁰ For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts^(A) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.^(B)

¹¹ The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,^[a] and to plunder^(A) the property of their enemies.

⁵ The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them,^(A) and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

⁶ For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you have clapped your hands^(A) and stamped your feet, rejoicing with all the malice of your heart against the land of Israel,^{(B) 7} therefore I will stretch out my hand^(C) against you and give you as plunder^(D) to the nations. I will wipe you out from among the nations and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy^(E) you, and you will know that I am the Lord.^(F)’”