But if we had been sold for bond-men, &c.— Would to God we had been sold for bond-men and bond-women! then I would have held my peace: although our enemy is not of so much worth that damage should be brought on the king. Houbigant. Esther means, that Haman was not a man of such consequence as to countervail the infamy which would fall on the king, and the loss which his kingdom would sustain, by the sacrifice of a whole nation to his resentment.
Verse Esther 7:4. _TO BE DESTROYED, TO BE SLAIN_] She here repeats the words which Haman put into the _decree_. See Esther 3:13. _COULD NOT COUNTERVAIL THE KING'S DAMAGE._] Even the _ten thousand_ t...
The king now learned, perhaps for the first time, that his favorite was a Jewess. ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY ... - i. e. “although the enemy (Haman) would not (even in that case) compensate (by his payment t...
THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN'S MISERABLE END CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The second banquet and Esther's petition (Esther 7:1)_ 2. Haman's exposure (Esther 7:5) 3. Haman's miserable end (Esther 7:7)...
ESTHER 7. ESTHER ACCUSES HAMAN, AND HE IS HANGED ON THE GIBBET HE HAD PREPARED FOR MORDECAI. On the same day, at her second drinking-feast, Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of Ha...
ARE. have been. SOLD. Implying that. bargain had been made. DESTROYED... SLAIN... PERISH. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6), to emphasize the urgency of her petition. Compare Esther 3:13...
VIII. Plea of Esther, Esther 7:1-10 A. Massacre Disclosed TEXT: Esther 7:1-6 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day...
_FOR WE ARE SOLD, I AND MY PEOPLE, TO BE DESTROYED, TO BE SLAIN, AND TO PERISH. BUT IF WE HAD BEEN SOLD FOR BONDMEN AND BONDWOMEN, I HAD HELD MY TONGUE, ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY COULD NOT COUNTERVAIL THE KI...
THE EXECUTION OF HAMAN 4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman's tender of 10,000 talents (href='190 3:9'>Est 3:9). ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV 'although the adversary could...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther. V2 As they were drinking wine, on that second day, the king said to Esther again...
WE ARE SOLD. — See above, Esther 3:9. TO BE DESTROYED.... — Literally, _to destroy and to kill, and to cause to perish._ The identical words used in the king’s proclamation for the destruction of the...
כִּ֤י נִמְכַּ֨רְנוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְ עַמִּ֔י לְ הַש
QUEEN ESTHER Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12 THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in the crisis...
CRAFT OVERREACHES ITSELF Esther 7:1 Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16, but she acted also. She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king's favor, to awaken his curiosity, an...
Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason other...
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not (b) countervail the...
Perish. Three terms of the same import express the greatness of the misery. (Haydock) --- King. Whose revenue will be greatly impaired, (Calmet) and character injured, for having given such power to a...
(3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: (4) For we are...
A Banquet Turned Sour . I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of Esther, we saw the pride of Haman becoming his own destruction! 1. Haman told Xerxes what he thought the king should do to hono...
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 WE ARE SOLD, I AND MY PEOPLE, TO BE DESTROYED, TO BE SLAIN, AND TO PERISH,.... She makes use of these several words, to express the utter destruction of her and her people, without any exception;...
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the kin...
_For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed_, &c. By the cruelty of that man, who offered a great sum to purchase our destruction. We have not forfeited our lives by any offence against the gov...
for we are sold, I and my people, a very fitting expression, since Haman had paid a large sum of money into the royal treasury to bring about the extermination of the Jews, TO BE DESTROYED, TO BE SLAI...
ESTHER PLEADS FOR HER PEOPLE...
HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS (vv. 1-10) At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to her.What a surprise it woul...
TO BE DESTROYED, TO BE SLAIN, AND TO PERISH: _ Heb._ that they should destroy and kill, and cause to perish...
1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pra...
WE ARE SOLD by the craft and cruelty of that man, who offered a great sum of money to purchase our destruction. I AND MY PEOPLE; for we are all given up to his malice and rage, without any exception o...
Esther 7:4 sold H4376 (H8738) people H5971 destroyed H8045 (H8687) killed H2026 (H8800) annihilated H6 ...
CONTENTS: Esther's banquet and the hanging of Haman. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Harbonah. CONCLUSION: Mischief is sure to return upon the person himself who contrives it. The wicked shall...
Esther 7:4. _The king's damage,_ in the loss of subjects and of revenue. Esther 7:8. _They covered Haman's face;_ an indignity done only to persons condemned to die. Esther 7:9. _Hang him thereon._...
_What is thy petition, queen Esther?_ ESTHER’S PETITION 1. When called to speak for God and His people, we must summon up our courage, and act with becoming confidence and decision. Had Esther held h...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 7:4 I AND MY PEOPLE. Esther reveals that she is a Jew and that Ahasuerus has been tricked into ordering the death of the queen he loves. WE HAVE BEEN SOLD. Haman had “bought” the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 7:2. THE KING SAID AGAIN] Compare Esther 5:6. ESTHER 7:3. MY LIFE, … MY PEOPLE] Esther has had time to carefully prepare her words, and her earnest language rises to the emoti...
EXPOSITION AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN, AND THE KING CONDEMNS HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAM
So Haman came in, but he was really troubled by this whole experience. And so, Esther prepared another beautiful banquet for the king, and again, the king in his generous mood said, "Esther, what do y...
1 Samuel 22:23; Amos 2:6; Deuteronomy 28:68; Esther 3:13; Esther 3:9;...
Sold — By the cruelty of that man who offered a great sum to purchase our destruction. Countervail — His ten thousand talents would not repair the king's loss, in the customs and tributes which the ki...