For how can I endure to see the ruin that shall overtake my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Ye, therefore, write concerning the Jews as may seem good in your own eyes, in the name of the king, and seal it with the kings signet-ring, - for a writing which hath been written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's signet-ring, none can reverse.