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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 4:14

Then shall there enlargement, etc.] RV 'Then shall relief,' etc. Mordecai's speech, though no mention is made in it of God, nevertheless breathes a spirit of trust in His Providence, and expresses a conviction that help will come from some unperceived quarter.

But thou.. destroyed] Divine judgment would overtake her if she neglected her duty to her countrymen. Whether.. as this] i.e. who knows whether thou hast not been raised to the throne by God for the express purpose of averting the dangers threatening at the present crisis?

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Esther 4:14. Then _SHALL THERE ENLARGEMENT AND DELIVERANCE ARISE_] He had a confidence that deliverance would come by some means; and he thought that _Esther_ would be the most likely; and that,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FROM ANOTHER PLACE - i. e. “from some other quarter.” Mordecai probably concluded from the prophetic Scriptures that God would NOT allow His people to be destroyed before His purposes with respect to...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    THE CONSTERNATION OF THE JEWS -- MORDECAI AND ESTHER CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The great lamentations of the Jews (Esther 4:1)_ 2. Esther's discovery (Esther 4:4) 3. Esther's helplessness (Esther 4:10) 4. M...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 4. THE DISMAY OF THE JEWS. MORDECAI OVERCOMES ESTHER'S RELUCTANCE TO INTERCEDE WITH THE KING. And now the gloom spreads. At this point, the LXX has a pathetic message from Mordecai to his niece...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    THEN SHALL ENLARGEMENT... ARISE.. FROM ANOTHER PLACE. Mordecai's message conveys the idea that God, in his providence, has exalted Esther and placed her near the king, in order to be the deliverer of...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ENLARGEMENT. respite. WHO KNOWETH... ? Note the Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), for emphasis. Used here of hope and trust in God and His overruling grace....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _relief_ A.V. _enlargement_, a word now obsolete in the sense of relief or deliverance. It does not occur elsewhere in the A.V., but we find the corresponding verb, meaning _to set at large, to give f...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Esther's grief and the communications between her and Mordecai 4. _came and told it her_ Although unaware, according to the story, of the queen's relationship to Mordecai, her attendants knew (see Es...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND WHO KNOWETH, &C.— _Who knoweth whether thou art not raised to the royal dignity, that thou mightest be a succour in these times?_ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—As yet Esther seems to have had but an im...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. Courage TEXT: Esther 4:13-17 13 Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou alto...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _FOR IF THOU ALTOGETHER HOLDEST THY PEACE AT THIS TIME, THEN SHALL THERE ENLARGEMENT AND DELIVERANCE ARISE TO THE JEWS FROM ANOTHER PLACE; BUT THOU AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE SHALL BE DESTROYED: AND WHO K...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י אִם ־הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ בָּ † עֵ֣ת...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRIOTIC DEVOTION Esther 4:1 It seemed as if the whole nation would suddenly be cut off to satisfy the hatred of Haman, and Mordecai knew that he had been the cause of the plot. Esth...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The news of the intended slaughter reached Esther in the royal palace, and she sent to make inquiries. Thus between the extreme need of her people and the king she became a direct link. The custom and...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance (b) arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Occasion. Wonderful confidence! Greek, "if thou wilt not hearken (Calmet; to me; (Haydock) or, if thou obstinately despise) at this time, the Jews shall be assisted and protected by some," &c. (Haydo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. (14) For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, th...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A TRUE HEROINE_ ‘Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shu...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR IF THOU ALTOGETHER HOLDEST THY PEACE AT THIS TIME,.... And will not speak to the king in favour of the Jews, because of the danger she would be exposed to in doing it: THEN SHALL THERE ENLARGEMEN...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Think not with thyself_ Flatter not thyself with a vain hope, that because thou art in the king's house, and an eminent member of his family, even the queen, that thou shalt be spared, or find any gr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, not making an attempt to intercede in behalf of the people of her race, THEN SHALL THERE ENLARGEMENT AND DELIVERANCE ARISE TO THE JEWS FROM ANOTH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Esther Agrees to Mordeai's Plan...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER AGREES TO INTERCEDE (vv. 1-17) Mordecai of course very soon learned of this satanic plot of Haman against Israel and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes in token of humiliatio...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ENLARGEMENT: _ Heb._ respiration...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-17 We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it, we must take up our cross, and follow him. When Christians are d...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM ANOTHER PLACE; from another hand, and by another means; which God can, and I am fully persuaded will, raise up. THOU AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE SHALL BE DESTROYED, by the righteous and dreadful judgm...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 4:14 completely H2790 (H8687) silent H2790 (H8686) time H6256 relief H7305 deliverance H2020 arise H5975 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Fasting among the Jews. Esther's resolution to defeat the decree. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai, Haman, Hatach. CONCLUSION: We should consider for what end God has put us in the...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 4:8. _He gave him the copy of the writing;_ for the decree, or dogma, was exposed to the public. Esther 4:11. _One law of his to put him to death._ This was an ancient law of the Persian kings....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place._ FEMALE DELIVERERS IN ISRAEL In former ages women, as Deborah and Jael, had been made the instruments of saving Is...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:14 DELIVERANCE WILL RISE... FROM ANOTHER PLACE. Mordecai is confident that God will somehow rescue his people. YOUR FATHER’S HOUSE. The family of Esther’s father. Sinc

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 4:13.] Mordecai does not reproach Esther with being indifferent to the fate of her fellow-countrymen, but rather calls her attention to the fact that her own life is in danger...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MOURNING OF MORDECAI, AND OF THE JEWS GENERALLY, ON HEARING OF THE DECREE (Esther 4:1...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, he put on sackcloth with ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city, and he cried with a loud and bitter cry; And he even came be...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 12:22; 1 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 19:3; Acts 7:20; Amos 9:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    From another place — This was the language of strong faith, against hope believing in hope. Who knoweth — It is probable God hath raised thee to this honour for this very season. We should every one o...

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