7
And behold, a day of darkness and gloom, tribulation and distress, affliction and great tumult upon the earth!
8
And the whole righteous nation was troubled; they feared the evils that threatened them, and were ready to perish.
9
Then they cried to God; and from their cry, as though from a tiny spring, there came a great river, with abundant water;
10
light came, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and consumed those held in honor.
11
Mordecai saw in this dream what God had determined to do, and after he awoke he had it on his mind and sought all day to understand it in every detail.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.