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Esther 15:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was sitting on his royal throne. He had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrifying. "
Esther 15:9
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7 and the other followed bearing her train.
8 She was blooming in the perfection of her beauty. Her face was cheerful and looked lovely, but her heart was filled with fear.
9 Having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was sitting on his royal throne. He had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrifying.
10 And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger. The queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted. She bowed herself upon the head of the maid who went before her.
11 But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling, he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered. He comforted her with peaceful words,
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Esther 15:1
"Mordecai sent word to Esther to go to the king, to ask for his favor and to plead for her people."
Esther 15:2
"“Remember,” he sent word to her, “the days of your humble state, how you were fed by my hands. Haman, who ranks next to the king, has spoken against us to destroy us.”"
Esther 15:3
"“Pray to the Lord, and speak to the king for us; deliver us from death!”"
Esther 15:4
"It came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she took off her servant’s dress and put on her glorious apparel."
Esther 15:5
"Being splendidly dressed and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids,"
Esther 15:6
"and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female,"
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