The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:18
The Jews which were at Shushan assembled together . i.e. "gathered themselves together to bathe." The verb is the same as that used in Esther 9:16 of this chapter; and in Esther 8:11 ; Esther 9:2 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:19
The Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns . Rather, "the Jews of the country, who dwelt in the country towns." There are places where the word translated " unwalled " connotes that idea—e.g. Ezekiel 38:11 ; Zechariah 2:8 ; but the main notion which it expresses is always that of a "country region." Here walls are not at all in the thought of the writer, who intends a contrast between the Jews of the metropolis and those of the provinces. Ecbatana and Babylon are... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:19-22
The elements of perfect joy. "A good day, and of sending portions one to another:.; days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor." Twice then, among the other particulars of the people's glad celebration of their deliverance from a savage massacre, is this detail included, that they sent "portions one to another;" and once it is added that they sent "gifts to the poor." This was no ancient prescription of the law, so far as literal command is... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:20
Mordecai wrote these things . Mordecai seems, in the first instance, to have written to the provincial Jews, suggesting to them the future observance of two days of Purim instead of one, and explaining the grounds of his proposition, but without venturing to issue any order. When he found his proposition well received ( Esther 9:23 , Esther 9:27 ) he sent out a second letter, " with all authority" ( Esther 9:29 ), enjoining the observance. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:20-22
The feast of Purim. Other Jewish festivals, as the passover and tabernacles, were instituted by express Divine authority. The feast of Purim was instituted by the authority of Mordecai and Esther. Yet its observance was undoubtedly sanctioned by the God whose merciful interposition it commemorated. The festival has been observed by the Jews from that day to this; the observance consisting of a preliminary fast; of a sacred assembly in the synagogue, when the Megillah (or roll) of the Book... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:21
To stablish . i.e. "with a view to establishing"—not actually doing so. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:21-31
The religion of national gratitude. Mordecai and Esther were not the people to receive great blessings and then at once to forget them. We not unfrequently see those who have had hair-breadth escapes from the worst of calamities recover in a moment their previous light and jaunty spirits. They seem insensible to the risk which had so imperilled them, and certainly are not grateful for the mercy which had rescued them. They do not return either to give thanks to man or glory to God. It is... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:22
The month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy . This was the key-note of Purina, the dominant idea, to which all else was secondary and sub-ordinate—sorrow turned into joy, "mourning into dancing," utter destruction into a signal triumph. Psalms 30:1-12 . might well have been written at this time. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:22
Sending portions and gifts. This usage is quite a carrying out of the principle of the Divine law, which prescribed remembrance of the widow and fatherless upon those who were prosperous in Israel. We find an interesting parallel to the present passage in Nehemiah: when the law had been read and expounded in the hearing of the people, they "went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth." These presents were sent by the people to one another in... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 9:17-32
The effects of deliverance. Our narrative closes with a bright picture, in which all clouds are scattered; it is as sunshine after rain. Among the results of Israel's triumph we notice— I. REST . All the Jews in the empire, except those in Shushan, rested on the 14th of Adar. The Jews in Shushan, after their two days' conflict, rested on the 15th of Adar. Then all had rest. So utterly broken was the power of their enemies that they had rest not only from a past fear, but from anxiety... read more