Esther 7:4

Overview - Esther 7
Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, makes suit for her own life, and her people's.
She accuses Haman.
The king in his anger, understanding of the gallows which Haman had made for Mordecai, causes him to be hanged thereon.
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Esther 7:4  (King James Version)
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
 


we are sold
3:9 Esther 4:7 Esther 4:8 Deuteronomy 28:68 ; 1 Samuel 22:23

to be destroyed, etc
Hebrew that they should destroy, and
kill, and cause to perish.
3:13 8:11 Psalms 44:22 Psalms 44:23

But if we
Genesis 37:26-28 ; Deuteronomy 28:68 ; Joshua 9:23 ; Nehemiah 5:5 ; Joel 3:6 ; Amos 2:6

the enemy
6 ; 3:9