And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
And she said, 'If it pleases the king, and if you think well of me, and if this seems right to you, and if I am pleasing to you, let a new decree be written to cancel the letters that Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite planned and wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.'
Queen Esther is respectfully asking King Xerxes to write a new law that would cancel Haman's deadly decree against the Jewish people.
📚 Historical Context
This takes place after Haman had been executed for his plot against the Jews, but his original decree to kill all Jews throughout the Persian Empire was still in effect because Persian law stated that royal decrees could not be revoked. Esther, having revealed her Jewish identity to save her people, now had to find a legal way around this unchangeable law.
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