14 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

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14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.(A)

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15 The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in [a]Shushan the [b]citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but (A)the city of Shushan was [c]perplexed.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 3:15 Or Susa
  2. Esther 3:15 palace
  3. Esther 3:15 in confusion

15 The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(A) The king and Haman sat down to drink,(B) but the city of Susa was bewildered.(C)

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