Esther 4:1 When Mordecai4782 perceived3045 all that was done,6213 Mordecai4782 rent7167 his clothes,899 and put on3847 sackcloth8242 with ashes,665 and went out3318 into the midst8432 of the city,5892 and cried2199 with a loud1419 and a bitter4751 cry;2201 cr 2 And came935 even before6440 the king's4428 gate:8179 for none might enter935 into the king's4428 gate8179 clothed3830 with sackcloth.8242 cr 3 And in every province,4082 whithersoever4725 the king's4428 commandment1697 and his decree1881 came,5060 there was great1419 mourning60 among the Jews,3064 and fasting,6685 and weeping,1065 and wailing;4553 and many7227 lay3331 in sackcloth8242 and ashes.665{Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many} cr

Esther 4:4 So Esther's635 maids5291 and her chamberlains5631{Heb. Eunuchs} came935 and told5046 it her. Then was the queen4436 exceedingly3966 grieved;2342 and she sent7971 raiment899 to clothe3847 Mordecai,4782 and to take away5493 his sackcloth8242 from him: but he received6901 it not. cr 5 Then called7121 Esther635 for Hatach,2047 one of the king's4428 chamberlains,5631 whom he had appointed5975 to attend6440 upon her,{Heb. whom he had set before her} and gave him a commandment6680 to Mordecai,4782 to know3045 what it was, and why it was. cr 6 So Hatach2047 went forth3318 to Mordecai4782 unto the street7339 of the city,5892 which was before6440 the king's4428 gate.8179 cr 7 And Mordecai4782 told5046 him of all that had happened7136 unto him, and of the sum6575 of the money3701 that Haman2001 had promised559 to pay8254 to the king's4428 treasuries1595 for the Jews,3064 to destroy6 them. cr 8 Also he gave5414 him the copy6572 of the writing3791 of the decree1881 that was given5414 at Shushan7800 to destroy8045 them, to shew7200 it unto Esther,635 and to declare5046 it unto her, and to charge6680 her that she should go in935 unto the king,4428 to make supplication2603 unto him, and to make request1245 before6440 him for her people.5971 cr 9 And Hatach2047 came935 and told5046 Esther635 the words1697 of Mordecai.4782 cr

Esther 4:10 Again Esther635 spake559 unto Hatach,2047 and gave him commandment6680 unto Mordecai;4782 cr 11 All the king's4428 servants,5650 and the people5971 of the king's4428 provinces,4082 do know,3045 that whosoever, whether man376 or woman,802 shall come935 unto the king4428 into the inner6442 court,2691 who is not called,7121 there is one259 law1881 of his to put him to death,4191 except905 such to whom the king4428 shall hold out3447 the golden2091 sceptre,8275 that he may live:2421 but I have not been called7121 to come in935 unto the king4428 these thirty7970 days.3117 cr 12 And they told5046 to Mordecai4782 Esther's635 words.1697 cr 13 Then Mordecai4782 commanded559 to answer7725 Esther,635 Think1819 not with thyself5315 that thou shalt escape4422 in the king's4428 house,1004 more than all the Jews.3064 cr 14 For if thou altogether2790 holdest thy peace2790 at this time,6256 then shall there enlargement7305{Heb. respiration} and deliverance2020 arise5975 to the Jews3064 from another312 place;4725 but thou and thy father's1 house1004 shall be destroyed:6 and who knoweth3045 whether thou art come5060 to the kingdom4438 for such a time6256 as this? cr

Esther 4:15 Then Esther635 bade559 them return7725 Mordecai4782 this answer, cr 16 Go,3212 gather together3664 all the Jews3064 that are present4672{Heb. found} in Shushan,7800 and fast6684 ye for me, and neither eat398 nor drink8354 three7969 days,3117 night3915 or day:3117 I also and my maidens5291 will fast6684 likewise; and so3651 will I go935 in unto the king,4428 which is not according to the law:1881 and if I perish,6 I perish.6 cr 17 So Mordecai4782 went{Heb. passed} his way,5674 and did6213 according to all that Esther635 had commanded6680 him. cr