Esther 8:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s command and his law reached, joy and rejoicing took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.[a](A) And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews(B) had overcome them.
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- Esther 8:17 Lit good day
Isaiah 56:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from His people”;(A)
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”(B)
Isaiah 56:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord
minister to Him, love the name of Yahweh
and become His servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold firmly to My covenant—
Zechariah 2:11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become My[a] people.(A) I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me[b] to you.
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- Zechariah 2:11 LXX, Syr read His
- Zechariah 2:11 Or me
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