Esther 8:15-17

International Standard Version

The Jewish People Celebrate the King’s Edict

¹⁵ Mordecai left the king’s presence in royal robes of blue and white, wearing a large golden crown and a purple robe made of fine linen; and the city of Susa shouted with joy. ¹⁶ For the Jewish people, there was light and joy, gladness and honor. ¹⁷ In each and every province, and in each and every city, in the places where the king’s order and edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jewish people, along with a festival and a holiday. Many of the people of the land became^[a] Jews, because they had come to fear the Jewish people.