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Esther 7:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.  Then the king’s anger subsided.

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The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel  , were brought and thrown into the lions’ den #– #they, their children, and their wives.  They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.


When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased.  Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.


Then Samson told them, ‘Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.’


Then he summoned me saying, ‘See, those going to the land of the north have pacified my Spirit in the northern land.’


Some time later,  when King Ahasuerus’s rage  had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.


But Pharaoh hanged  the chief baker, just as Joseph had explained to them.


His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, ‘Have them build a gallows twenty-three metres  tall.  Ask the king in the morning to hang Mordecai on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.’ The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.


The king arose in anger  and went from where they were drinking wine to the palace garden.  , Haman remained to beg Queen Esther for his life because he realised the king was planning something terrible for him.


Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,  Haman was falling on the couch  where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, ‘Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house? ’ As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.


The one who searches for what is good  seeks favour, but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.


The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone – it will come back on him.


‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each for his fellow Hebrew and for his neighbour.  I hereby proclaim freedom for you   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #to the sword, to plague, and to famine! I will make you a horror to all the earth’s kingdoms.


King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, ‘Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther,  and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked  the Jews.


The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.


But when the matter was brought before the king,  he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head  and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.


For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.


He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.


The righteous one is rescued from trouble; in his place, the wicked one goes in.


Then King Darius wrote to those of every people, nation, and language who live on the whole earth: ‘May your prosperity abound.





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