Esther 8:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king. ⁵ She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I’ve found favor with him, and if the matter is proper in the king’s opinion, and if I’m pleasing to the king, let an order be issued^[a] revoking the letters devised by Hammedatha the Agagite’s son Haman, which ordered^[b] the destruction of the Jewish people throughout the king’s provinces. ⁶ Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?”