Esther 9:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their enemies whatever they had a desire to do.

³⁴ He trains my hands for battle so that my arms can bend an archer's bow of bronze. ³⁵ You have given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand supports me. Your gentleness (humility) (meekness) makes me great. ³⁶ You make a wide path for me to walk on so that my feet do not slip. ³⁷ I chased my enemies and caught up with them. I did not return until I had ended their lives. ³⁸ I wounded them so badly that they were unable to get up. They fell under my feet. ³⁹ You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet. ⁴⁰ You made my enemies turn their backs to me. I destroyed those who hated me.

⁴⁷ God gives me vengeance! He brings people under my authority. ⁴⁸ He saves me from my enemies. You lift me up above my opponents. You rescue me from violent people.

⁷ Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God. ⁸ They will sink to their knees and fall, but we will rise and stand firm.

⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands ⁷ to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world, ⁸ to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles, ⁹ to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his God-like ones. Praise Jehovah!

²¹ Therefore, give their children over to famine and deliver them up to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death and their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

⁶ It is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.