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For how can I bear[a] to look on the disaster that will find my people, and how can I bear[b] to look on the destruction of my family?” And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s house to Esther, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he plotted against[c] the Jews. Write as you see fit[d] concerning the Jews in the name of the king, and seal it with the king’s signet ring; for a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be revoked.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:6 Literally “how am I able”
  2. Esther 8:6 Literally “how am I able”
  3. Esther 8:7 Literally “sent his hand against”
  4. Esther 8:8 Literally “as it is good in your eyes”