¹⁷ “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and every one to his neighbor. ^(A)Behold, I proclaim liberty to you,’ says the Lord—^(B)‘to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine! And I will deliver you to ^(C)trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth.

² For with what ^[a]judgment you judge, you will be judged; ^(A)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

⁷ Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for ^(A)whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

^25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become ^[a]troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.

¹³ For ^(A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown ^(B)no ^(C)mercy. ^(D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Darius Honors God

²⁴ And the king gave the command, ^(A)and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, ^(B)their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.

²⁴ ‘Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of ^(A)the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it!

⁴ I will hand them over to ^(A)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of ^(B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

¹⁰ So ^(A)they ^(B)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.