Esther 8:12 (DRB)

Passage

And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.

Nearby Context

Esther 8:10 And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.

Esther 8:11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.

Esther 8:12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.

Esther 8:13 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.

Esther 8:14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king's edict was hung up in Susan.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "revenge", "appointed", "through", "provinces", "thirteenth", "twelfth", "month", and "adar". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "revenge" and "appointed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And the king gave orders to them..." into verse 13's "And this was the content of the...", so "revenge" and "appointed" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "revenge" and "appointed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.