Additions to Esther 8:5

5 and said, "If it please Your Majesty and if you care about me, please issue a proclamation to keep Haman's orders from being carried out - those orders he gave for the destruction of all the Jews in the empire.

Additions to Esther 8:5 In-Context

3 Then Esther spoke to the king again, throwing herself at his feet. She begged him to do something to stop the evil plot that Haman had made against the Jews.

4 The king held out the gold scepter to her, so she stood up

5 and said, "If it please Your Majesty and if you care about me, please issue a proclamation to keep Haman's orders from being carried out - those orders he gave for the destruction of all the Jews in the empire.

6 How can I endure it if this disaster comes on my people? How can I go on living if my whole nation is destroyed?"

7 Then the king said to Esther, "I have hanged Haman for his plot against the Jews, and I have given you his property. If that is not enough,