When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
all that.
Esther 3:8-13 And Haman said to king Ahasuerus…
rent.
2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise …
Job 1:20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell …
Jonah 3:4-9 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, …
Acts 14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their …
with ashes.
Esther 4:3 And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree …
Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before …
2 Samuel 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors …
Job 2:8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down …
Job 42:6 Why I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Isaiah 58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict …
Ezekiel 27:30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry …
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, …
Jonah 3:6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, …
Matthew 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, …
and cried. Mordecai gave every demonstration of the most poignant grief. Nor did he hide this from the city; and the Greek says that he uttered these words aloud: [Airetai ethnos maden adikakos,] A people is going to be destroyed who have done no evil.
Genesis 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great …
Isaiah 15:4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even …
Isaiah 22:4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor …
Ezekiel 21:6 Sigh therefore, you son of man, with the breaking of your loins; …
Ezekiel 27:31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them …
Micah 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will …
Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, …
Revelation 18:17-19 For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, …
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
in every province.
Esther 1:1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus …
Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month…
great mourning. It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided.
1 Samuel 4:13,14 And when he came, see, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching: …
1 Samuel 11:4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings …
Isaiah 22:4,12 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor …
Isaiah 37:1-3 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his …
weeping.
Matthew 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing …
Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take …
Matthew 25:30 And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there …
many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many.
Isaiah 58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict …
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, …
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
chamberlains. Heb. eunuchs.
Esther 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by …
1 Samuel 8:15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and …
2 Kings 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? …
Isaiah 56:3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that has joined himself to the …
Acts 8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch …
but he received it not.
Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but …
Psalm 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, …
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and …
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
the copy.
Esther 3:14,15 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province …
to charge.
Esther 2:20 Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai …
1 Timothy 6:13,17 I give you charge in the sight of God, who vivifies all things, and …
to make supplication.
Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would …
Proverbs 16:14,15 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it…
Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; …
Acts 12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but …
request.
Esther 7:3,4 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in …
Esther 8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? …
Nehemiah 2:3-5 And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not …
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: …
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
shall come. Herodotus informs us, that ever since the reign of Deioces, king of Media, for the security of the king's person, it was enacted that no one should be admitted into his presence; but that if any one had business with him, he should transact it through the medium of his ministers.
the inner court.
Esther 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal …
one law.
Daniel 2:9 But if you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one …
the king shall.
Esther 5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the …
Esther 8:4 Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther …
the golden sceptre. That the kings of Persia carried a golden sceptre, we have the following proof in Xenophon: [Oti ou tode to xrusoun skaptron to man basileian diasozon estin, all oi postoi philoi skaptron basileusin alathestaton kai asphalestaton.] It is not (said Cyrus to his son Cambyses) the golden sceptre that saves the kingdom; but faithful friends are the truest and best sceptre of the kingdom.
but I.
Esther 1:19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, …
Esther 2:14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the …
1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving …
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
then shall.
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is …
Numbers 23:22-24 God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn…
Deuteronomy 32:26,27,36 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance …
1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: …
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue …
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you, said the LORD, to save you: though I make a full …
Jeremiah 33:24-26 Consider you not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families …
Jeremiah 46:28 Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, said the LORD: for I am with you…
Amos 9:8,9 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I …
Matthew 16:18 And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will …
Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh …
enlargement. Heb. respiration.
Ezra 9:9 For we were slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, …
Job 9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
but thou.
Esther 2:7,15 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: …
Judges 14:15-18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's …
Judges 15:6 Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, …
whether.
Genesis 45:4-8 And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And …
Isaiah 45:1-5 Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I …
Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing …
Acts 7:20-25 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished …
for such a time.
1 Samuel 17:29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
2 Kings 19:3 And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, …
Nehemiah 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, …
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
present. Heb. found. fast.
2 Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed …
Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to …
Joel 1:14,15 Sanctify you a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and …
Joel 2:12-17 Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your …
Jonah 3:4-9 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, …
eat nor drink.
Esther 5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal …
Matthew 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly…
Acts 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Acts 27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul sought them all to take meat, saying…
I also.
Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household …
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day …
Acts 10:7 And when the angel which spoke to Cornelius was departed, he called …
if I perish. If I lose my life in the attempt to save my people, I shall lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt; and, come what will, I am resolved to do it.
Genesis 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send …
1 Samuel 19:5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and …
2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for …
Luke 9:24 For whoever will save his life shall lose it: but whoever will lose …
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to …
Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? …
Romans 16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only …
Philippians 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding …
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
