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      <image:caption>The ultimate reversal. When the enemy is forced to honor the righteous. (Esther 6)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>My Ramblings - The Unsung Hero - In his drunken state, he commands Queen Vashti to come out wearing her royal crown "to show the peoples and the princes her beauty" (Esther 1:11). This wasn't a request for a polite introduction. This was a demand for her to be paraded like a trophy before a room full of intoxicated men. Vashti did something unthinkable for this time period.</image:title>
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