Baruch leads the exiles in Babylon to repent and send an offering to Jerusalem to fund Temple service.
"Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and…
"And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of…
"Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes,…