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Esther 4:1-16

4:1

When Mordecai
<04782>

perceived
<03045> (8804)

all that was done
<06213> (8738)_,

Mordecai
<04782>

rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_,

and put on
<03847> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

with ashes
<0665>_,

and went out
<03318> (8799)

into the midst
<08432>

of the city
<05892>_,

and cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

and a bitter
<04751>

cry
<02201>_;

4:2

And came
<0935> (8799)

even before
<06440>

the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_:

for none [might] enter
<0935> (8800)

into the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>

clothed
<03830>

with sackcloth
<08242>_.

4:3

And in every province
<04082>_,

whithersoever
<04725>

the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

came
<05060> (8688)_,

[there was] great
<01419>

mourning
<060>

among the Jews
<03064>_,

and fasting
<06685>_,

and weeping
<01065>_,

and wailing
<04553>_;

and many
<07227>

lay
<03331> (8714)

in sackcloth
<08242>

and ashes
<0665>_.

{many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many}

4:4

So Esther's
<0635>

maids
<05291>

and her chamberlains
<05631>

came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

[it] her. Then was the queen
<04436>

exceedingly
<03966>

grieved
<02342> (8698)_;

and she sent
<07971> (8799)

raiment
<0899>

to clothe
<03847> (8687)

Mordecai
<04782>_,

and to take away
<05493> (8687)

his sackcloth
<08242>

from him: but he received
<06901> (8765)

[it] not. {chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs}

4:5

Then called
<07121> (8799)

Esther
<0635>

for Hatach
<02047>_,

[one] of the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

whom he had appointed
<05975> (8689)

to attend
<06440>

upon her, and gave him a commandment
<06680> (8762)

to Mordecai
<04782>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

what it [was], and why it [was]. {appointed...: Heb. set before her}

4:6

So Hatach
<02047>

went forth
<03318> (8799)

to Mordecai
<04782>

unto the street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

which [was] before
<06440>

the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_.

4:7

And Mordecai
<04782>

told
<05046> (8686)

him of all that had happened
<07136> (8804)

unto him, and of the sum
<06575>

of the money
<03701>

that Haman
<02001>

had promised
<0559> (8804)

to pay
<08254> (8800)

to the king's
<04428>

treasuries
<01595>

for the Jews
<03064>_,

to destroy
<06> (8763)

them.

4:8

Also he gave
<05414> (8804)

him the copy
<06572>

of the writing
<03791>

of the decree
<01881>

that was given
<05414> (8738)

at Shushan
<07800>

to destroy
<08045> (8687)

them, to shew
<07200> (8687)

[it] unto Esther
<0635>_,

and to declare
<05046> (8687)

[it] unto her, and to charge
<06680> (8763)

her that she should go in
<0935> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>_,

to make supplication
<02603> (8692)

unto him, and to make request
<01245> (8763)

before
<06440>

him for her people
<05971>_.

4:9

And Hatach
<02047>

came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

Esther
<0635>

the words
<01697>

of Mordecai
<04782>_.

4:10

Again Esther
<0635>

spake
<0559> (8799)

unto Hatach
<02047>_,

and gave him commandment
<06680> (8762)

unto Mordecai
<04782>_;

4:11

All the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

and the people
<05971>

of the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

do know
<03045> (8802)_,

that whosoever, whether man
<0376>

or woman
<0802>_,

shall come
<0935> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

into the inner
<06442>

court
<02691>_,

who is not called
<07121> (8735)_,

[there is] one
<0259>

law
<01881>

of his to put [him] to death
<04191> (8687)_,

except
<0905>

such to whom the king
<04428>

shall hold out
<03447> (8686)

the golden
<02091>

sceptre
<08275>_,

that he may live
<02421> (8804)_:

but I have not been called
<07121> (8738)

to come in
<0935> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>

these thirty
<07970>

days
<03117>_.

4:12

And they told
<05046> (8686)

to Mordecai
<04782>

Esther's
<0635>

words
<01697>_.

4:13

Then Mordecai
<04782>

commanded
<0559> (8799)

to answer
<07725> (8687)

Esther
<0635>_,

Think
<01819> (8762)

not with thyself
<05315>

that thou shalt escape
<04422> (8736)

in the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

more than all the Jews
<03064>_.

4:14

For if thou altogether
<02790> (8687)

holdest thy peace
<02790> (8686)

at this time
<06256>_,

[then] shall there enlargement
<07305>

and deliverance
<02020>

arise
<05975> (8799)

to the Jews
<03064>

from another
<0312>

place
<04725>_;

but thou and thy father's
<01>

house
<01004>

shall be destroyed
<06> (8799)_:

and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

whether thou art come
<05060> (8689)

to the kingdom
<04438>

for [such] a time
<06256>

as this? {enlargement: Heb. respiration}

4:15

Then Esther
<0635>

bade
<0559> (8799)

[them] return
<07725> (8687)

Mordecai
<04782>

[this answer],

4:16

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

gather together
<03664> (8798)

all the Jews
<03064>

that are present
<04672> (8737)

in Shushan
<07800>_,

and fast
<06684> (8798)

ye for me, and neither eat
<0398> (8799)

nor drink
<08354> (8799)

three
<07969>

days
<03117>_,

night
<03915>

or day
<03117>_:

I also and my maidens
<05291>

will fast
<06684> (8799)

likewise; and so
<03651>

will I go
<0935> (8799)

in unto the king
<04428>_,

which [is] not according to the law
<01881>_:

and if I perish
<06> (8804)_,

I perish
<06> (8804)_.

{present: Heb. found}