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     * then shall.
     # Ge 22:14; Nu 23:22-24; De 32:26,27,36; 1Sa 12:22; Isa 54:17|
     # Jer 30:11; 33:24-26; 46:28; Am 9:8,9; Mt 16:18; 24:22|
     * enlargement.  Heb. respiration.
     # Ezr 9:9; Job 9:18|
     * but thou.
     # 2:7,15; Jud 14:15-18; 15:6|
     * whether.
     # Ge 45:4-8; Isa 45:1-5; 49:23; Ac 7:20-25|
     * for such a time.
     # 1Sa 17:29; 2Ki 19:3; Ne 6:11|
       The fact related in this verse was unquestionably the reason
       why Esther was raised to regal honours, by the overruling
       providence of God:  she was therefore bound in gratitude to do
       this service for God, else she would not have answered the end
       of her elevation:  and she need not fear the miscarriage of
       the enterprise, for if God designed her for it, he would
       surely bear her through and give success.  It appeared by the
       event that Mordecai spoke prophetically, when he modestly
       conjectured that Esther came to the kingdom that she might be
       the instrument of the Jews' deliverance.  Mordecai thoroughly
       believed that it was a cause which one way or other would
       certainly be carried, and which, therefore, she might safely
       venture upon.  Instruments might fail, but God's covenant
       cannot.  There is a wise design in all the providences of God,
       which is unknown to us till it is accomplished; but it will
       prove in the issue that all is intended for and centre in the
       good of those who trust in Him.