Charles Ellicott Commentary Esther 8:3

"And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews." — Esther 8:3 (ASV)

Besought him ... to put away the mischief. —Esther’s work was still only half done. She had seen the condemnation of the enemy of her people and the exaltation of her kinsman to his office. However, the royal edict issued against the Jews still remains valid, and being a written decree, sealed with the king’s seal, it is considered impossible to alter. Therefore, it was not a situation where Mordecai’s newly acquired dignity would authorize him to interfere. Consequently, Esther, who, now that the ice is broken, becomes more courageous, makes a fresh appeal to the king to do what was, in theory, beyond the king’s power.