Esther 9:2

Modern English Version

The Jews had assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus in order to forcibly assault those seeking their injury. No man could stand before them because the dread of them had fallen on all people.

Cross References

Genesis 35:5

As they traveled, the terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Esther 8:11

What the king granted to the Jews in each and every city was the right to assemble and to defend their lives by annihilating, slaying, and destroying any army of any people or any province that would assault them, the little children and women included, and to plunder their possessions.

Esther 8:17

In each and every province as well as in each and every city, wherever the king’s edict and his decree reached, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast, and a holiday. Furthermore, many of the people of the land professed to be Jews because the dread of the Jews fell on them.

Esther 9:10

These were the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, whom they killed, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Psalm 71:13

Let them be confounded and consumed who are adversaries of my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.

Psalm 71:24

My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long, for they are confounded and brought to shame who seek my hurt.

Exodus 23:27

I will send My fear before you, and I will throw into panic all the people to whom you shall come. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

Isaiah 8:9

Be broken, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces. And give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hand as he is to this day.

Joshua 11:20

because the Lord hardened their hearts to engage Israel in battle. They destroyed them without mercy, to put them to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Joshua 2:9

She said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, for dread from you has fallen upon us, and all the inhabitants of the land melt in terror before you.