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for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?
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Christ-like Compassion
Commentators highlight that Esther's plea is a model of selfless love. Though personally safe, she weeps and intercedes not for herself, but for her people. Matthew Henry notes that she shed no tears for her own life but wept passionately for her community, calling these tears of pity "the most Christ-like."
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto mypeople ? &c.] I cannot be…
Presbyterian
It was time to be earnest when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people.…
