Yǐsītièjì 7

1 Wáng daì zhe Hāmàn lái fù wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ de yánxí .

2 Zhè dì èr cì zaì jiǔ xí yán qián , wáng yòu wèn Yǐsītiĕ shuō , wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ a , nǐ yào shénme , wǒ bì cìgĕi nǐ . nǐ qiú shénme , jiù shì guó de yī bàn yĕ bì wèi nǐ chéngjiù .

3 Wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ huídá shuō , wǒ ruò zaì wáng yǎnqián méng ēn , wáng ruò yǐwéi mĕi , wǒ suǒ yuàn de , shì yuàn wáng jiāng wǒde xìngméng cìgĕi wǒ . wǒ suǒ qiú de , shì qiú wáng jiāng wǒde bĕn zú cìgĕi wǒ .

4 Yīn wǒ hé wǒde bĕn zú beì maì le , yào jiǎnchú shā lù mièjué wǒmen . wǒmen ruò beì maì wèi nú wèi bì , wǒ yĕ bì kǒu bù yán . dàn wáng de sún shī , dírén wàn bùnéng bǔzú .

5 Yàhāsuílǔ wáng wèn wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ shuō , shàn gǎn qǐ yì rúcǐ xíng de shì shuí . zhè rén zaì nǎli ne .

6 Yǐsītiĕ shuō , chóurén dírén jiù shì zhè è rén Hāmàn . Hāmàn zaì wáng hé wáng hòumian qián jiù shén jīng huáng .

7 Wáng biàn dà nù , qǐlai líkāi jiǔ xí wǎng yù yuán qù le . Hǎmàn jiàn wáng déng yì yào jiā zuì yǔ tā , jiù qǐlai , qiú wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ jiù méng .

8 Wáng cóng yù yuán huí dào jiǔ xí zhī chù , jiàn Hāmàn fú zaì Yǐsītiĕ suǒ kào de tà shang . wáng shuō , tā jìnggǎn zaì gōng neì , zaì wǒ miànqián língrǔ wáng hòu ma . zhè huà yī chū wáng kǒu , rén jiù méng le Hāmàn de liǎn .

9 Cìhou wáng de yī gè taì jiān míng jiào Hābōná , shuō , Hāmàn wèi nà jiù wáng yǒu gōng de Mòdǐgǎi zuò le wǔ zhàng gāo de mù jià , xiànjīn lì zaì Hāmàn jiā lǐ . wáng shuō , bǎ Hāmàn guà zaì qí shang .

10 Yúshì rén jiāng Hāmàn guà zaì tā wèi Mòdǐgǎi suǒ yùbeì de mù jià shang . wáng de fèn nù zhè cái zhǐxī .

Yǐsītièjì 7 Commentary

Chapter 7

Esther accuses Haman. (1-6) Haman hanged on his own gallows. (7-10)

Verses 1-6 If the love of life causes earnest pleadings with those that can only kill the body, how fervent should our prayers be to Him, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell! How should we pray for the salvation of our relatives, friends, and all around us! When we petition great men, we must be cautious not to give them offence; even just complaints must often be kept back. But when we approach the King of kings with reverence, we cannot ask or expect too much. Though nothing but wrath be our due, God is able and willing to do exceeding abundantly, even beyond all we can ask or think.

Verses 7-10 The king was angry: those that do things with self-will, reflect upon them afterward with self-reproach. When angry, we should pause before we come to any resolution, and thus rule our own spirits, and show that we are governed by reason. Those that are most haughty and insolent when in power and prosperity, commonly, like Haman, are the most abject and poor-spirited when brought down. The day is coming when those that hate and persecute God's chosen ones, would gladly be beholden to them. The king returns yet more angry against Haman. Those about him were ready to put his wrath into execution. How little can proud men be sure of the interest they think they have! The enemies of God's church have often been thus taken in their own craftiness. The Lord is known by such judgments. Then was the king's wrath pacified, and not till then. And who pities Haman hanged on his own gallows? who does not rather rejoice in the Divine righteousness displayed in the destruction his own art brought upon him? Let the workers of iniquity tremble, turn to the Lord, and seek pardon through the blood of Jesus.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 7

Esther, being solicited by the king to tell him her petition, asks for her life and the lives of her people, who were sold to be destroyed, Es 7:1-4, the king, amazed at her request, inquires who was the person that dared to do so vile a thing; and was told by her it was Haman there present, Es 7:5,6 on which the king went out into the garden in wrath, and, returning, found Haman on Esther's bed, which still more incensed him; and being told that Haman had prepared a gallows for Mordecai, the king ordered that he himself should be hanged upon it, which was done accordingly, Es 7:7-10.