³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a](A) and have compassion^(B) on you and gather^(C) you again from all the nations where he scattered^(D) you.^(E)

¹⁷ Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered^(A) on the hills like sheep without a shepherd,^(B) and the Lord said, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’”

⁸ Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs^(A) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey^(B) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.^(C)

¹⁵ Then Johanan^(A) son of Kareah said privately to Gedaliah in Mizpah, “Let me go and kill^(B) Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life and cause all the Jews who are gathered around you to be scattered^(C) and the remnant^(D) of Judah to perish?”

⁸ “‘But I will spare some, for some of you will escape^(A) the sword when you are scattered among the lands and nations.^(B)