Esther 8:16-17

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁶ For the Jews there was ^(A)light and gladness and joy and honor. ¹⁷ In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a ^[a](B)holiday. And ^(C)many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.