youths in whom there was no impairment, who were good-looking, suitable for instruction in every kind of expertise, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability to serve in the king’s court; and he ordered Ashpenaz to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.