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At a breath of your anger the waters piled up, the flowing waters stood like a mound, the flood waters congealed in the midst of the sea. (Exodus 15, 8)
(1a) In the second year of the reign of the great King Ahasuerus, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream. (1b) He was a Jew residing in the city of Susa, a prominent man who served at the king's court, (1c) and one of the captives whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken from Jerusalem with Jeconiah, king of Judah. (1d) This was his dream. There was noise and tumult, thunder and earthquake-confusion upon the earth. (1e) Two great dragons came on, both poised for combat. They uttered a mighty cry, (1f) and at their cry every nation prepared for war, to fight against the race of the just. (1g) It was a dark and gloomy day. Tribulation and distress, evil and great confusion, lay upon the earth. (1h) The whole race of the just were dismayed with fear of the evils to come upon them, and were at the point of destruction. (1i) Then they cried out to God, and as they cried, there appeared to come forth a great river, a flood of water from a little spring. (1j) The light of the sun broke forth; the lowly were exalted and they devoured the nobles. (1k) Having seen this dream and what God intended to do, Mordecai awoke. He kept it in mind, and tried in every way, until night, to understand its meaning. (1l) Mordecai lodged at the court with Bagathan and Thares, two eunuchs of the king who were court guards. (1m) He overheard them plotting, investigated their plans, and discovered that they were preparing to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. So he informed the king about them, (1n) and the king had the two eunuchs questioned and, upon their confession, put to death. (1o) Then the king had these things recorded; Mordecai, too, put them into writing. (1p) The king also appointed Mordecai to serve at the court, and rewarded him for his actions. (1q) Haman, however, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who was in high honor with the king, sought to harm Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king. (Esther 1, 0)
The flood shall sweep away his house with the waters that run off in the day of God's anger. (Job 20, 28)
Who were snatched away before their time; whose foundations a flood swept away? (Job 22, 16)
The LORD sits enthroned above the flood! The LORD reigns as king forever! (Psalms 29, 10)
Thus should all your faithful pray in time of distress. Though flood waters threaten, they will never reach them. (Psalms 32, 6)
I have sunk into the mire of the deep, where there is no foothold. I have gone down to the watery depths; the flood overwhelms me. (Psalms 69, 3)
Out of their stupidity comes sin; evil thoughts flood their hearts. (Psalms 73, 7)
All the day they surge round like a flood; from every side they close in on me. (Psalms 88, 18)
The flood has raised up, LORD; the flood has raised up its roar; the flood has raised its pounding waves. (Psalms 93, 3)
In view of the flood of statistics, and the difficulties encountered by those who wish to plunge into historical narratives where the material is abundant, (2 Maccabees 2, 24)
The cloud overshadowed their camp; and out of what had before been water, dry land was seen emerging: Out of the Red Sea an unimpeded road, and a grassy plain out of the mighty flood. (Wisdom of Solomon 19, 7)