1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.
2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled."
3 Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king."
5 Then King Ahasu-e'rus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?"
6 And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.
7 And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
8 And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?" As the words left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face.
9 Then said Harbo'na, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, "Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mor'decai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman's house, fifty cubits high."
10 And the king said, "Hang him on that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mor'decai. Then the anger of the king abated.
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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