Esther 8: The Jews’ Victory and Celebration – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Mordecai’s Promotion, Esther’s Courage, and Haman’s Punishment

Listen to this clear and engaging audio recording of Esther 8 and witness the Jews’ victory and celebration over their enemies. Be inspired by Mordecai’s promotion to a high position in King Xerxes’ court, Esther’s courage and intercession for her people, and Haman’s ultimate punishment. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this powerful chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

ESTHER 8 (NIV)

1 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy
of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had
told how he was related to her.

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he
had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed
him over Haman’s estate.

3 Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She
begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had
devised against the Jews.

4 Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther
and she arose and stood before him.

5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and
thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be
written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,
devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

6 For how
can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the
destruction of my family?”

7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman
attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled
him on the pole he set up.

8 Now write another decree in the king’s name in
behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s signet
ring—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can
be revoked.”

9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the
third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the
Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching
from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province
and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and
language.

10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches
with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast
horses especially bred for the king.

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and
protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any
nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,
and to plunder the property of their enemies.

12 The day appointed for the
Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of
the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

13 A copy of the text of the edict was
to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every
nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves
on their enemies.

14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s
command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.

15 When Mordecai left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of
blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen. And the
city of Susa held a joyous celebration.

16 For the Jews it was a time of
happiness and joy, gladness and honor.

17 In every province and in every city
to which the edict of the king came, there was joy and gladness among the
Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities
became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.