Esther 7:7-10 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden… A bishop said to Louis XI. of France, "Make an iron cage for all those who do not think as we do — an iron cage in which the captive can neither lie down nor stand straight up." It was fashioned — the awful instrument of punishment. After a while the bishop offended Louis XI., and for fourteen years he was in that same cage, and could neither lie down nor stand up. It is a poor rule that will not work both ways. "With that measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." (T. De Witt Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. |
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