Esther 3:13 Meaning and Explanation
“And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.”
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Read Full Chapter →Couriers carry the decree everywhere: on a single day, all Jews of every age are to be killed and plundered.
What Does Esther 3:13 Mean?
The decree is dispatched by couriers to every province, and its words are pitiless: to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all Jews, young and old, children and women, in a single day, their goods taken as plunder. The triple verb hammers the totality of the intended slaughter. No one is to be spared, not the aged, not the infant.
This is the abyss the book stares into. A whole people, the bearers of God's promise, stand condemned by sealed and irreversible law. The horror is named plainly, without flinching. Yet the very darkness of this hour measures the deliverance to come. When rescue arrives, it will not be a small thing, for the danger named here could not have been greater.
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What does Esther 3:13 mean?
Couriers carry the decree everywhere: on a single day, all Jews of every age are to be killed and plundered.