Quotes About Destiny

So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecaiís response to Esther.

When Estherís words were relayed to Mordecai,

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the kingís palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your fatherís house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

Then Mordecai returned to the kingís gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

While they were still speaking with Haman, the kingís eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

It is all the same, and so I say, ëHe destroys both the blameless and the wicked.í

Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.