* 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.