“And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:”
She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an edict be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote giving orders to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king, demonstrating Esther's formal request to the king to issue a counter-edict that will revoke the decree of genocide. This request frames the petition in terms of the king's pleasure and demonstrates the diplomatic language necessary to address the king while requesting that he overturn his own previous authorization. The verse shows how those seeking to change decisions made by those in power must frame their requests carefully, appealing to the ruler's sense of justice and his relationship with those making the request.
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