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Esther 16:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" because he who has done these things has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy punishment. "
Esther 16:18
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16 and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order.
17 You will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letter sent by Haman the son of Hammedatha,
18 because he who has done these things has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy punishment.
19 We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs
20 and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attack them in a time of affliction.
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Esther 16:1
"The following is a copy of the letter containing orders: The great King Ahasuerus sends greetings to the rulers of provinces in one hundred twenty-seven local governance regions, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests."
Esther 16:2
"Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs,"
Esther 16:3
"and not only endeavor to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavor to plot against their own benefactors."
Esther 16:4
"They not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they would escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God."
Esther 16:5
"And oftentimes evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends’ affairs;"
Esther 16:6
"while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple goodwill of the ruling powers."
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