Bible Verses

You created heaven and earth, along with all the wonders under heaven.

“Lord, King, and Master of all, everything is under your control; no one can oppose your will to save Israel.

Mordecai’s Prayer Recalling all that the Lord had done, he prayed to him and said:

“Remember the days when you were humble and under my care. Haman, second only to the king, has asked for our lives. Pray to the Lord and speak to the king on our behalf. Save us from death.”

Mordecai’s Plea to Esther And to tell her:

This way, when these people, with their past and present ill will, have gone down into the world of the dead in a single day, they can finally leave our government in complete stability and peace.

We hereby decree that all the people mentioned in Haman’s letters, who is in charge of affairs and like a second father to us, be utterly destroyed along with women and children by the sword, without mercy or hesitation, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, of this year.

Considering, therefore, the ongoing opposition of these people to all humankind, their strange legal system and unusual way of life, their hostility toward our interests, and the damage they cause to the stability of our kingdom:

brought to our attention the existence throughout my realm of a people of ill will, and whose laws clash with those of every nation. Their ongoing disregard for the king’s orders prevents unity in the empire.

When I consulted my advisers on how this might be achieved, Haman, who excels among us in wisdom, who has earned distinction for trustworthiness and loyalty, and who has attained the second rank in the kingdom,