&#8220;Don&#8217;t imagine that because you are part of the king&#8217;s household you will be the one Jew<n id="1" /> who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear<n id="2" /> from another source,<n id="3" /> while you and your father&#8217;s household perish. It may very well be<n id="4" /> that you have achieved royal status<n id="5" /> for such a time as this!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Surely, no one<n id="1" /> knows his appointed time!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Like fish that are caught in a deadly<n id="3" /> net, and like birds that are caught in a snare &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">just like them, all people<n id="4" /> are ensnared<n id="5" /> at an unfortunate<n id="6" /> time that falls upon them suddenly.p>