Esther 8:16-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, exaltation and triumph. ¹⁷ In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s edict arrived, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with banqueting and feasting. And many of the peoples of that land became Jewish, for they were seized with the fear of the Jews.