1 The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet,
2 and this second day, during the banquet, the king again said to Esther, 'Tell me your request, Queen Esther. I grant it to you. Whatever you want; even if it is half my kingdom, it is yours for the asking.'
3 'If I have found favour in your eyes, O king,' Queen Esther replied, 'and if it please your majesty, grant me my life -- that is my request; and the lives of my people -- that is what I want.
4 For we have been handed over, my people and I, to destruction, slaughter and annihilation; had we merely been sold as slaves and servant-girls, I should not have said anything; but in the present case, it will be beyond the persecutor's means to make good the loss that the king is about to sustain.'
5 King Ahasuerus interrupted Queen Esther, 'Who is this man?' he exclaimed. 'Where is the man who has thought of doing such a thing?'
6 Esther replied, 'The persecutor, the enemy? Why, this wretch Haman!' Haman quaked with terror in the presence of the king and queen.
7 In a rage the king got up from the banquet and went into the palace garden; while Haman, realising that the king was determined on his ruin, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
8 When the king came back from the palace garden into the banqueting hall, he found Haman sprawled across the couch where Esther was reclining. 'What!' the king exclaimed. 'Is he going to rape the queen in my own palace?' The words were scarcely out of his mouth than a veil was thrown over Haman's face.
9 In the royal presence, Harbona, one of the officers, said, 'There is that fifty-cubit gallows, too, which Haman ran up for Mordecai, who spoke up to the king's great advantage. It is all ready at his house.' 'Hang him on it,' said the king.
10 So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for Mordecai, and the king's wrath subsided.
Versículos relacionados com Esther, 7:
Esther 7 tells the culmination of Esther's story when she reveals Haman's conspiracy to kill her people to King Ahasuer and manages to save themselves and the Jews from the Persian of Destruction. The verses related to the topics covered in Esther 7 are:
Proverbs 26:27: "What makes a pit will fall into it; and the stone will return to those who revolve it." This verse talks about how a person's bad deeds can turn against him, which is exactly what happens to Haman when his evil plan is revealed and he is executed in the force he had prepared for Mordeca.
Psalm 7:15-16: "He made a pit and dug it, but fell into the grave he has prepared. His violence will return over his own head, and over his own border will descend his wickedness." This verse also portrays the idea that those who plan evil will eventually suffer the consequences of their actions.
Ecclesiastes 10:8: "What to open a pit will fall into it; and what break the wall, a snake will bite it." This verse has a message similar to the previous two, which is that those who plan evil will eventually suffer the consequences of their actions.
Proverbs 28:18: "What is sincerely is saved, but the wicked in his ways will fall soon." This verse highlights the importance of acting with sincerity and honesty, which is exemplified by Esther in contrast to Haman's wickedness and cunning.
Proverbs 11:5: "The righteousness of sincere will straighten your way, but the perverse for your wickedness will fall." This verse also emphasizes the importance of justice and righteousness, which is what prevails at the end of Esther's history when Haman is defeated and justice is made for the Jewish people.
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