27 Blessed be Jehovah the God of our forefathers,+ who has put such a thing into the heart+ of the king, to beautify+ the house of Jehovah, which is in Jerusalem!

7 And I went on to say to the king: “If to the king it does seem good, let letters+ be given me to the governors+ beyond the River,*+ that they may let me pass until I come to Judah;

23 And kings must become caretakers for you,+ and their princesses* nursing women for you. With faces* to the earth they will bow down to you,+ and the dust of your feet they will lick up;+ and you will have to know that I am Jehovah, of whom those hoping in me will not be ashamed.”+

24 And the nations will walk by means of its light,+ and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.+