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but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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The Great Reversal
Commentators highlight this verse as the climax of divine justice. Haman's 'wicked device' was not just stopped; it was turned back onto his own head. John Gill explains that the king's letters, prompted by Esther's plea, enabled the very destruction Haman had planned for the Jews to fall upon his own family and followers, demonstrating a complete reversal of evil.
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Esther
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19th Century
Anglican
Esther. —It will be seen that in the English Version this word is printed in italics. The Hebrew is literally, and on her…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But when Esther came before the king To request of him her life, and the life of her people:
he comman…
Presbyterian
The observance of the Jewish feasts is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are t…
