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[_LittleNipper]

Esther 4:1-17 Mordecai learned all that happened. He tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the center of the city, and cried with a loud bitter cry. He went as far as the king’s gate because no one was allowed to enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. In each and every province where the king’s command and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews with fasting, weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

The young chamber maids of Esther and her eunuchs came and told her of it. The queen was seized by anguish. She sent garments to dress Mordecai so that he could remove his sackcloth, but he would not take them. Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to come to her, and commanded him concerning Mordecai to learn what this was all about and why.

Hathak went out to where Mordecai was in front of the king’s gate. Mordecai explained to him about all that had happened to him and about the sum of silver that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the annihilation of all Jews. Mordecai gave him a copy of the decree issued in Susa concerning their destruction so he could show Esther, tell her. Mordecai wants her to go to the king in order to gain his favor and to make requests to the king for her people.

Hathak returned and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Esther spoke to Hathak and ordered him to reply to Mordecai: “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, wishes to come to the king at the inner court but has not been summoned, there is one law—to put him to death—unless for some reason the king should hold out the golden scepter so that he might live. I, however, have not been summoned to come to the king for 30 days.”

All the words of Esther were told to Mordecai. Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think that in the king’s palace you will be more likely to escape than all the other Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, protection and deliverance for the Jews will come from some other place, but you and your father’s house shall be destroyed. And who knows if you may have attained a royal position for this event?”

Esther replied, back to Mordecai: “Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa, then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day. I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish.”

Mordecai went and did exactly as Esther commanded him.


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,

2 and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.

3 And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

4 And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received [them].

5 And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and wherefore this [is].

6 And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king,

7 and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,

8 and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

9 And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai,

10 and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

11 `All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

12 And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,

13 and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

14 but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

15 And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

16 `Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished -- I have perished.'

17 And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.

[_Brackite]

Book of the Old Testament:

1. Genesis (Gen.)
2. Exodus (Ex.)
3. Leviticus (Lev.)
4. Numbers (Num.)
5. Deuteronomy (Deut.)
6. Joshua (Josh.)
7. Judges (Judg.)
8. Ruth (Ruth)
9. 1 Samuel (1 Sam.)
10. 2 Samuel (2 Sam.)
11. 1 Kings (1 Kgs.)
12. 2 Kings (2 Kgs.)
13. 1 Chronicles (1 Chr.)
14. 2 Chronicles (2 Chr.)
15. Ezra (Ezra)
16. Nehemiah (Neh.)
17. Esther (Esth.)
18. Job (Job)
19. Psalms (Ps.)
20. Proverbs (Prov.)
21. Ecclesiastes (Eccl.)
22. The Song of Solomon (Song.)
23. Isaiah (Isa.)
24. Jeremiah (Jer.)
25. Lamentations (Lam.)
26. Ezekiel (Ezek.)
27. Daniel (Dan.)
28. Hosea (Hosea)
29. Joel (Joel)
30. Amos (Amos)
31. Obadiah (Obad.)
32. Jonah (Jonah)
33. Micah (Micah)
34. Nahum (Nahum)
35. Habakkuk (Hab.)
36. Zephaniah (Zeph.)
37. Haggai (Hag.)
38. Zechariah (Zech.)
39. Malachi (Mal.)


And he is only up to the Book of Esther now.

Esther Chapter 3:

Esther Chapter 4:

Esther Chapter 5:

Esther Chapter 6:



Why No Esther in the Dead Sea Scrolls?

[_Zadok]

And he is only up to the Book of Esther now.

(With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill...) "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if Mormon Discussions and its forums last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour."

[_Quasimodo]

And he is only up to the Book of Esther now.

(With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill...) "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if Mormon Discussions and its forums last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour."

If only religious fundamentalism was as easy to defeat as the Luftwaffe.

[_ludwigm]

And he is only up to the Book of Esther now.[/url]

Now, we are on the 150th page of this thread.


On the 15th page...

Nipper, when will you finish the whole Bible?

Well, about a chapter a day.

Then (as there are 1189 chapters) the Nth coming's day reaches us at or around 2015 summer.

Nothing compared to 2000 years waiting.

Yes, it was only the wish.
Today (2015 summer is nigh) we are at 375th chapter of 1189.

I refined my prophecy. 2020 autumn.
I hope this is a little better approximation.
I hope Your confidency in my prophecies didn't wavered.

Hope is hope for infinite Hope.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien

Hope? Oh yes, there is hope — infinite hope. But not for us.
-- Franz Kafka


by the way some reverberation from that 15th page:

So... There are people who take 30 years to pay off a mortgage. That would be 2042. It is so hard to devote a few minutes a day considering Bible text?

Paying a mortgage off gives a person tangible results that make sense...

[_LittleNipper]

And he is only up to the Book of Esther now.[/url]

Now, we are on the 150th page of this thread.


On the 15th page...

Nipper, when will you finish the whole Bible?

Well, about a chapter a day.

Then (as there are 1189 chapters) the Nth coming's day reaches us at or around 2015 summer.

Nothing compared to 2000 years waiting.

Yes, it was only the wish.
Today (2015 summer is nigh) we are at 375th chapter of 1189.

I refined my prophecy. 2020 autumn.
I hope this is a little better approximation.
I hope Your confidency in my prophecies didn't wavered.

Hope is hope for infinite Hope.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien

Hope? Oh yes, there is hope — infinite hope. But not for us.
-- Franz Kafka


by the way some reverberation from that 15th page:

So... There are people who take 30 years to pay off a mortgage. That would be 2042. It is so hard to devote a few minutes a day considering Bible text?

Paying a mortgage off gives a person tangible results that make sense...

I think you are anxious. Well, if God wishes me to make it to the end of Revelations, I most certainly will.

[_LittleNipper]

Esther 5:1-14
3 days later Esther dressed in her royal gown and took up a spot in the inner court of the palace in front of the king’s throne room. The king was on the throne facing that entrance. He noticed Queen Esther standing in the court, and was pleased to see her. The king extended his gold scepter. Esther approached and touched its tip. The king asked, “What’s your desire, Queen Esther? What do you wish? Ask and it’s yours—even if it’s half my kingdom!”

“If it please the king,” answered Esther, “let the king come with Haman to a dinner I’ve prepared for him.”

“Get Haman at once,” said the king, “so we can go to dine with Esther.”

So the king and Haman joined Esther at the dinner she had arranged. As they were drinking wine, the king said, “Now, what is it you wish? Half of my kingdom isn’t too much to ask! Just ask.”

Esther answered, “Here’s what I want. If the king favors me and is pleased to do what I desire and ask, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the dinner that I will fix for them. Then I’ll give a straight answer to the king’s question.”

Haman left the palace that day thrilled. And then he noticed Mordecai sitting at the King’s Gate ignoring him. Haman was furious with Mordecai. But he kept himself in check and went on home. He gathered his friends together with his wife Zeresh and started bragging about how much money he had, his many sons, all the times the king had honored him, and his promotion to the highest position in the government. “To top it off,” Haman continued, “Queen Esther invited me to a private dinner she gave for the king, just us 3. And she’s invited me to another diner tomorrow. But I can’t enjoy it while I see Mordecai that Jew sitting at the King’s Gate.”

His wife Zeresh and all his friends said, “Build a gallows 75 feet high. Immediately tomorrow morning speak with the king; get him to order Mordecai hanged on it. Then enjoy your dinner with the king.”

Haman liked that. He had the gallows built.


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house,

2 and it cometh to pass, at the king's seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that [is] in his hand, and Esther draweth near, and toucheth the top of the sceptre.

3 And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is given to thee.'

4 And Esther saith, `If unto the king [it be] good, the king doth come in, and Haman, to-day, unto the banquet that I have made for him;'

5 and the king saith, `Haste ye Haman -- to do the word of Esther;' and the king cometh in, and Haman, unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

6 And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, `What [is] thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

7 And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request [is]:

8 if I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if unto the king [it be] good, to give my petition, and to perform my request, the king doth come, and Haman, unto the banquet that I make for them, and to-morrow I do according to the word of the king.'

9 And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman's seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.

10 And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

11 and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

12 And Haman saith, `Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king,

13 and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.'

14 And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, `Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

[_Zadok]

Yes, it was only the wish.
Today (2015 summer is nigh) we are at 375th chapter of 1189.

I refined my prophecy. 2020 autumn.
I hope this is a little better approximation.
I hope Your confidence in my prophecies didn't waver.

Oh no. I am quite used to having prophecies delayed or extended, particularly when they deal with endings. We have been in the 'last days' since my great grandfather was a little boy.

[_Brackite]

The Book of Esther has not yet been found and scholars believe Esther is missing because, as a Jew, her marriage to a Persian king may have been looked down upon by the inhabitants of Qumran,[124] or because the book has the Purim festival which is not included in the Qumran calendar.[125]

The permanent Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at the museum features a reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, surrounded by reproductions of other famous fragments that include Community Rule, the War Scroll, and the Thanksgiving Psalms Scroll.[148][149]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls



Job has 42 chapters in it.
Psalms has 150 chapters in it.
Proverbs has 31 chapters in it.
Ecclesiastes has 12 chapters in it.
The Song of Solomon has eight chapters in it.

It won't be until after 243 more chapters until he gets to Isaiah here.

[_LittleNipper]

Esther 6:1-14 That night the king could not sleep, so he ordered that the book of memorable acts be brought, and they read before him. The event was discovered where Mordecai had informed on Bigthana and Teresh, the 2 eunuchs of the king serving as gate keepers, who had sought to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

So Xerxes asked, “What honor was bestowed on Mordecai as a result of this?”

The king’s servants attending said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

So the king asked, “Who's that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just then entered from across the palace courtyard in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. The king’s attendants answered, “Haman is waiting in the court.”

So the king said, “Let him enter.” Haman entered. Now the king said to him, “What should be done for a man whom the king desires to honor?” Haman imagined, “Who more than me would the king desire to honor?” So Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor, let royal apparel be brought that the king himself has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal insignia on its head. Let the apparel and horse for this man be handled by one of the king’s noble officials in order to dress the man whom the king wishes to honor, as well as to lead him on horseback throughout the city. Finally, this official proclaim, ‘This shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.’ ”

The king told Haman to quickly take the apparel and the horse, as suggested, and do so for Mordecai, the Jew sitting at the king’s gate, and not to forget anything.

So Haman took the apparel and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, led him on horseback throughout the city, and proclaimed before him, "This shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor."

Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. Haman hurried home, humiliated. Haman recounted to his wife Zeresh and his friends everything that occurred.

Then his wise friends and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have stumbled, is of Jewish lineage, then you will not be victorious over him. Rather, you will surely fall before him.” While they were still speaking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

2 and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.

3 And the king saith, `What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?' And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Nothing hath been done with him.'

4 And the king saith, `Who [is] in the court?' -- and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him --

5 and the servants of the king say unto him, `Lo, Haman is standing in the court;' and the king saith, `Let him come in.'

6 And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

7 And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

8 let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,

9 and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

10 And the king saith to Haman, `Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.'

11 And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

12 And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

13 and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai [is] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.'

14 They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.