Esther 8:3 (WEB)

Passage

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

Nearby Context

Esther 8:1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

Esther 8:2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Esther 8:3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

Esther 8:4 Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Esther 8:5 She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king’s provinces.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "esther", "spoke", "again", "before", "king", "fell", "down", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "esther" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "The king took off his ring which..." into verse 4's "Then the king held out to Esther...", so "esther" and "spoke" 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 "esther" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.