Esther 9:5

Easy To Read Version

The Jews defeated all their enemies. They used swords to kill and destroy their enemies. And the Jews did what they wanted to with those people that hated them.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:24

Those children took the land.\par They defeated the Canaanites living there.\par You let them defeat those people!\par You let them do whatever they wanted\par to those nations, people, and kings!\par

Esther 3:13

Messengers carried the letters to all the king’s provinces. The letters were the king’s command to ruin, kill, and completely destroy all the Jews. That meant young people and old people, women, and little children, too. The command was to kill all the Jews on a single day. That day was to be the 13th day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. And the command was to take all of the things that belonged to the Jews.

Esther 8:11

The king’s commands in those letters said this:

Esther 9:6

The Jews killed and destroyed 500 men in the capital city of Susa.

Jeremiah 18:21

So make their children starve in a famine. {\cf2\super [154]} \par Let their enemies defeat them with swords.\par Let their wives be without children.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Make their wives into widows.\par Let the men from Judah be put to death.\par Let the young men be killed in battle.\par

2 Thessalonians 1:6

God will do what is right. He will give trouble to those people who trouble you.