Esther 8:4-6

The Voice

⁴The king, as before, extended his golden scepter to Queen Esther; and she stood to her feet before him.

Queen Esther: ⁵If it pleases the king, and if I am in his favor, and if the king believes it is the right and just thing to do, let there be an official decree written that will cancel out the order that Haman (son of Hammedatha, the Agagite) had written to rid all the king’s provinces of the Jews. ⁶For I can’t bear to see this catastrophe brought against my people; how can I live another day if I witness the destruction of my kindred?

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