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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

Festivity within; perplexity without. The contrast here is striking in itself, and all the more so from the brevity and simplicity of the language in which it is depicted. I. REMARK THE MIRTH AND FEASTING WITHIN THE PALACE . "The king and Haman sat down to drink." This shows their indifference to human suffering. Nero fiddled, it is said, while Rome was burning. Herod feasted when he had cast the Baptist into prison. Paris and Rome were mad with mirth when the massacre... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

Swift couriers. "And the posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment." The Persians had good arrangements for interchange of thought and desires. A nation's civilisation may be gauged by its facilities for intercommunication. Roads, canals, and railways, penny posts, and electric telegraphs are the present means of communication in this country. The ancient Romans sought to facilitate interchange. They were great road builders. The English have more than any nation helped to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

Life contrasts. "And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed." Here is indeed a pair of pictures to look at—the subjects very different. They are not a pair of pastoral scenes, nor of family groups related, nor are they of sympathetic historical sort. But a pair they certainly are; as such they are hung, and they bear out the position, for one strictly and directly rises out of the other. The one shows two figures, as of men, sitting in a palace drinking.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:15

Shushan was perplexed - Susa was now the capital of Persia, and the main residence of the Persians of high rank. These, being attached to the religion of Zoroaster, would naturally sympathize with the Jews, and be disturbed at their threatened destruction. Even apart from this bond of union, the decree was sufficiently strange and ominous to “perplex” thoughtful citizens. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 3:14-15

Esther 3:14-15. The copy of the writing to be given in every province Copies of this original decree of the king were sent into every province, and there ordered to be published, requiring the people to be ready against the day appointed. The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment Either by this decree made in the king’s name, or by some particular and succeeding command which Haman obtained from the king. And the king and Haman sat down to drink Haman was afraid,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

3:1-7:10 PLAN TO DESTROY THE JEWSHaman plots evil (3:1-15)Some time later, a proud and ambitious man named Haman was promoted to the position of chief minister in the Empire. He apparently demanded that people honour him almost as if he were a god. Mordecai refused, letting it be known that he was a Jew, and claiming that to give Haman such honour was against his Jewish religion. Haman was furious, and decided to get his revenge by killing all the Jews in the Empire (3:1-6). (Esther had now... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 3:14

commandment = Imperial decree. Hebrew. dath. See note on Esther 2:8 . people = peoples. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 3:15

commandment = word. Hebrew. dabar. See note on Esther 1:12 . decree. Hebrew. dath. See notes on Esther 1:8 ; Esther 2:8 . sat down to drink. So Joseph's brethren (Genesis 37:25 ), and Herod (Matthew 14:6 . Mark 6:21 ). So will it be (Revelation 11:7-10 ). the city. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the inhabitants. perplexed. A rare word. Exodus 14:3 , "entangled". Joel 1:18 . This verse speaks of the effect on the Persians. Esther 4:0 speaks of the effect on... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 3:15

Esther 3:15. But the city Shushan was perplexed— Not only the Jews, but a great many others in Shushan, might be concerned at this horrid decree, either because they were engaged with them in worldly concerns, or perhaps out of mere humanity and compassion to such a number of innocent people, now appointed as sheep to the slaughter. They might apprehend likewise, that, upon the execution of the decree, some sedition or tumult might ensue; that in so great a slaughter it was hard to tell who... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:15

15. the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed—The completeness of the word-painting in this verse is exquisite. The historian, by a simple stroke, has drawn a graphic picture of an Oriental despot, wallowing with his favorite in sensual enjoyments, while his tyrannical cruelties were rending the hearts and homes of thousands of his subjects. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 3:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 3:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 3:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 3:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 3:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Esther 3:15

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