Reverse — For this reason he could not recall the former letters, because they were irrevocable by the law of the Medes and Persians. How much more prudent is our constitution, that no law whatever can be established as to be unrepealable? It is God's prerogative, not to repent, and to say what can never be altered.
Verse Esther 8:8. _MAY NO MAN REVERSE._] Whatever had passed the royal signet could never be revoked; no _succeeding_ edict could destroy or repeal a _preceding_ one: but one of a similar nature to t...
WRITE ... AS IT LIKETH YOU ... - (See the Esther 1:19 note. Practically, Ahasuerus reversed the “device” of Haman)....
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...
LIKETH. pleaseth. Compare Esther 3:11. MAY NO MAN REVERSE. But Compare Esther 3:12, and see App-23....
Ahasuerus says in effect, -I cannot reverse the decree. It is not, as you suggest, merely Haman's. It has been promulgated with my authority, and hence immutability attaches to it. But think of some m...
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...
_WRITE YE ALSO FOR THE JEWS, AS IT LIKETH YOU, IN THE KING'S NAME, AND SEAL IT WITH THE KING'S RING: FOR THE WRITING WHICH IS WRITTEN IN THE KING'S NAME, AND SEALED WITH THE KING'S RING, MAY NO MAN RE...
WRITE YE ALSO] The letters written by Haman and sealed with the king's ring could not be reversed as Esther had requested (href='190 8:5'>Est 8:5), but she and Mordecai could be empowered, as Haman ha...
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...
WRITE YE.... — Esther’s device is seen through, and the king shrinks from taking so decisive a step as the revocation of a decree once issued. Such a writing “may no man reverse.” Still he will do wha...
וְ֠ אַתֶּם כִּתְב֨וּ עַל ־הַ יְּהוּדִ֜ים כַּ
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...
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may (e) no m...
_This. Hebrew, "no one may reverse the letter," &c._...
(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 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...
WRITE YE ALSO FOR THE JEWS AS IT LIKETH YOU,.... Whatever may be thought fit and proper for their safety and security: IN THE KING'S NAME, AND SEAL IT WITH THE KING'S RING; as the former letters were...
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man r...
_Write ye also for the Jews_ On their behalf, to the governors and commanders of the king's forces, or to whom you please. _In the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring_ I offer you my authori...
Write ye also for the Jews as it liketh you, as they thought best in the circumstances, IN THE KING'S NAME AND SEAL IT WITH THE KING'S RING, which had a seal on it; FOR THE WRITING WHICH IS WRITTEN IN...
THE DECREE OF AHASUERUS AND ITS EFFECT...
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...
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...
FOR THE JEWS; on their behalf, to the governors and commanders of the king's forces, or to whom you please. SEAL IT WITH THE KING'S RING; I offer you my authority and seal to confirm whatsoever you sh...
Esther 8:8 write H3789 (H8798) Jews H3064 please H2896 H5869 kings H4428 name H8034 seal H2856 ...
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...
_Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen._ A MONARCH’S IMBECILITY Always distrust the man who is the victim of circumstances. Great men make their circumstances and little men are made by...
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 8:7.] The answer of Ahasuerus is a refusal, but one softened as much as possible. He first dwells on the proofs he bad just given of his friendly feeling towards the Jews; he t...
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...
1 Kings 21:8; 2 Timothy 2:19; Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:8; Esther 3:12;...