And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
The Jews undertook to continue the observance they had already begun and to follow Mordecai's written instruction to them. The verse stands in Esther 3-9 in the setting of Haman's plot under Medo-Persian rule to destroy all the Jews. God frustrated that attempt through a counter decree that saved His people from destruction, vindicated them, defeated Haman, and brought about the overthrow of their enemies.
The verse marks the origin of the feast of Purim, whose name comes from "Pur," meaning lot. This deliverance preserved the godly line, the people through whom the promised Man Child would come. The book's conflict ending in deliverance makes it a lesson about persecution over worship and God's deliverance from it.
The Jews undertook to continue the observance they had already begun and to follow Mordecai's written instruction to them. The verse stands in Esther 3-9 in the setting of Haman's plot under Medo-Persian rule to destroy all the Jews. God frustrated that attempt through a counter decree that saved His people from destruction, vindicated them, defeated Haman, and brought about the overthrow of their enemies.
The verse marks the origin of the feast of Purim, whose name comes from "Pur," meaning lot. This deliverance preserved the godly line, the people through whom the promised Man Child would come. The book's conflict ending in deliverance makes it a lesson about persecution over worship and God's deliverance from it.