14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to (A)the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and [a]fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the (A)banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:8 Lit. to do

14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a (A)gallows[a] be made, [b]fifty cubits high, and in the morning (B)suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.”

And the thing pleased Haman; so he had (C)the gallows made.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:14 Lit. tree or wood
  2. Esther 5:14 About 75 feet

35 (A)Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
(B)For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’

36 “For(C) the Lord will judge His people
(D)And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And (E)there is no one remaining, bond or free.

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