Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Esther 8:6,7
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse Esther 8:6. _TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF MY KINDRED?_] She had now informed the king that she was cousin to Mordecai, and consequently a _Jewess_; and though her own life and that of Mordecai were...
MORDECAI'S EXALTATION AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Mordecai's exaltation (Esther 8:1)_ 2. Esther's second petition (Esther 8:3) 3. The second proclamation (Esther 8:9) 4. The joy of...
ESTHER 8. THE KING DECREES THAT THE JEWS MAY DEFEND THEMSELVES. We come now to one of the most important parts of the tale. Esther has seen Haman pass out to death not, be it noted, at her request. No...
EVIL. Same word as "mischief", Esther 8:3....
B. Monarch's Reparation TEXT: Esther 8:3-8 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and hi...
THE JEWS ARE SAVED 1. Did.. of Haman] The property of Haman, after his execution, was confiscated to the use of the king, to be disposed of as he thought fit....
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 That same day, King Xerxes gave to Esther all the property of Haman. (Haman had been the enemy of the *Jews.) And Mordecai came to see...
כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽ רָאִ֔יתִי בָּ †...
COURAGE REWARDED Esther 8:1 The ring symbolized royal power and authority; by this sign Mordecai was suddenly raised to the position formerly held by Haman. He also managed for Esther the large estat...
The deposition and death of Haman issued naturally in the promotion of Mordecai. However, the peril to his people was not yet averted. The royal proclamation had gone forth that on the thirteenth day...
(5) And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...
_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_ ‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days … Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
The Good News I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of the book of Esther, we saw wicked Haman get what he deserved. 1. He had built the 75 ft. gallows for his enemy Mordecai, but ending up han...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...
FOR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE EVIL THAT SHALL COME UNTO MY PEOPLE?.... I cannot bear it; it will break my heart; I shall die to see all my people massacred throughout the realm; the thought of it is...
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Ver. 6. _For how can I endure to see the evil, &c._] She had her life al...
_Then the king held out the golden sceptre_ Esther had presumed to come a second time into the king's presence without being called: which he did not take ill, but by this token graciously invited her...
for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? Her words state, in the most emphatic manner, that she would never be abl...
MORDECAI ADVANCED...
A SECOND EDICT CONCERNING THE JEWS (vv. 1-17) In all of the history we have considered, we cannot but discern the working of God as will be the case in the Great Tribulation period.Mordecai is a typ...
I ENDURE TO SEE: _ Heb._ be able that I may see...
3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her o...
My heart will sink under it, and I shall never be able to survive it....
Esther 8:6 how H349 endure H3201 (H8799) see H7200 (H8804) evil H7451 come H4672 (H8799) people...
Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4 I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background of all the transactions of the histo...
CONTENTS: The vengeance order of Ahasuerus. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: Let the odds be against God's people, they have but to include God in their faith and He will open wa...
Esther 8:1. _On that day did the king give._ The LXX read, “In that day king Artaxerxes gave to queen Esther all the substance of the diabolical Haman;” that is, all his estates, and servants, and cat...
_For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people._ GREAT CHANGES The world is full of changes. There are no elements of stability belonging to it. When all appears fair and promis...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 8:3 Haman was dead, but the decree he had issued with the king’s authority was still in force, for AN EDICT... CANNOT BE REVOKED (v. Esther 8:8; compare
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:5.] The introductory formula are in part similar to those used before, but strengthened by the introduction of two new phrases. LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS] Per...
EXPOSITION HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO MORDECAI (Esther 8:1,...
So on that day the king Ahasuerus did give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. [He gave the house to her.] And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to h...
Esther 7:4; Genesis 44:34; Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 9:1; Luke 19:41;...