Esther 7:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we were only to be sold into slavery I would remain silent, for then our distress would not have been worth troubling the king.”(A) 5 King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who and where is the man who has dared to do this?”(B) 6 Esther replied, “The enemy oppressing us is this wicked Haman.” At this, Haman was seized with dread of the king and queen.
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