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A Wise and Guided Delay
Commentators explain that Esther's pause before making her full request was both a mark of human wisdom and an act of divine providence. One scholar notes her strategic thinking, while another suggests God put this delay in her heart, knowing the crucial events that were about to unfold that very night.
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Esther
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John Gill
On Esther 5:7
17th Century
Pastor
Then answered Esther and said, my petition and my request is .
] What she should for the present make; the princip…
Matthew Henry
On Esther 5:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He who will lose his life for God will save it, or find it in…