THEOSISEsther 8:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.
פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַכְּתָ֗ב לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן דָּת֙ בְּכָל־מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֔ה גָּל֖וּי לְכָל־הָעַמִּ֑ים וְלִהְי֨וֹת היהודיים הַיְּהוּדִ֤ים עתודים עֲתִידִים֙ לַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה לְהִנָּקֵ֖ם מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rev 6:10And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
- Esth 3:14And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.
- Ps 68 (67):23
- Ps 149:6The high praises of God shall be in their mouth: and two-edged swords in their hands:
- Ps 149:9To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.
- Judg 16:28But he called upon the Lord, saying: O Lord God remember me, and restore to me now my former strength, O my God, that I may revenge myself on my enemies, and for the loss of my two eyes I may take one revenge.
- Ps 37 (36):14
- Ps 37 (36):15