Esther 7:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴For I and my people have been handed over to destruction, slaughter, and extinction. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have not said anything, because such distress would not be reason enough to disturb the king.”^[a]

⁵Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, “Who is it and where is the one who has done such a thing?”

⁶Esther replied, “Our enemy is this wicked man Haman.”