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Esther 4:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews. "

Esther 4:7

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5 So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate.

7 Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

8 And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman, who holds the next place to the king, has spoken against us to cause our death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”

9 So Hathach went in and told her all these words.

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Esther 6:10

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"Then the king said to Haman, “You have spoken well. Do so for Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected!”"

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Esther 7:4

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"For both I and my people are sold for destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both we and our children were sold for male and female slaves, I would not have bothered you, for this isn’t worthy of the king’s palace.”"

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Proverbs 12:6

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"The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them."

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Esther 8:1

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"On that day, King Ahasuerus gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer. The king called Mordecai, for Esther had told that he was related to her."

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From This Chapter

Esther 4:1

"But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his garments, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. Having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, “A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!”"

Esther 4:2

"He came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace wearing sackcloth and ashes."

Esther 4:3

"And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes."

Esther 4:4

"The queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her; and when she had heard what was done, she was deeply troubled. She sent clothes to Mordecai to replace his sackcloth, but he refused."

Esther 4:5

"So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai."

Esther 4:6

"So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate."

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