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  • Esmari Potgieter

2025-01-28
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  1. Esther 5:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Commentary on Esther 5:7 (Summary)

Esther 5:7 (ESV)

7 Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is:

One would think that this would be the ideal opportunity for Esther to plead for her people. It seems as if the author wants us to draw in our breaths, when we hear these first words of Esther.

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