Esther Reveals Haman's Plot

14 While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman (A)to the feast that Esther had prepared.

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(A)If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king[a] to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to (B)the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:8 Hebrew if it is good to the king

14 Then (A)his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, (B)“Let a gallows[a] fifty cubits[b] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23)
  2. Esther 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

35 (A)Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[a]
    (B)for the time when their foot shall slip;
for (C)the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’
36 For (D)the Lord will vindicate[b] his people
    (E)and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, (F)bond or free.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 32:35 Septuagint and I will repay
  2. Deuteronomy 32:36 Septuagint judge

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