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Esther 10:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The nations are those which combined to destroy the name of the Jews. "
Esther 10:8
Verse in Context
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6 There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen.
7 The two serpents are Haman and me.
8 The nations are those which combined to destroy the name of the Jews.
9 But as for my nation, this is Israel, even those who cried to God and were delivered; for the Lord delivered his people. The Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God worked such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations.
10 Therefore he ordained two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other nations.
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Esther 10:1
"The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea."
Esther 10:2
"As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial."
Esther 10:3
"Mordecai was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honored by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation."
Esther 10:4
"Mordecai said, “These things have come from God."
Esther 10:5
"For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters; for not one detail of them has failed."
Esther 10:6
"There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen."
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