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Esther · read by E.A. Johnston
11 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
Esther 4
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he sent back to her this reply: "Do not imagine that because you are in the king's palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.Read from KJV · For Such a Time As This
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For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"Read from KJV · For Such a Time As This
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"Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!"Read from KJV · For Such a Time As This
Esther 8
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And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer
4
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer
5
"If it pleases the king," she said, "and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces.Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer
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For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?"Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer
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So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given Haman's estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer
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Now you may write in the king's name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked."Read from KJV · Gaining an Audience with the King Prevailing Prayer