1 When Mordecailearned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecaito wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
5 Then Esthersummoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecaito learn what was troubling him and why. 6 So Hathachwent out to Mordecaiin the city square in front of the king’s gate, 7 and Mordecaitold him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Hamanhad promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
8 Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susafor the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
9 So Hathachwent back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
10 Then Estherspoke to Hathachand instructed him to tell Mordecai, 11 "All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned— that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days."
12 When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai, 13 he sent back to her this reply: "Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"
15 Then Esthersent this reply to Mordecai: 16 "Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!4:16 Or if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed!"
17 So Mordecaiwent and did all that Estherhad instructed him.
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Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Haman the Agagite, an official of King Ahasuerus, plotted the death of all the Jews out of hatred for Mordecai and was ultimately hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him (Esther 7:10).
Susa is the citadel where the Jew Mordecai lived, where the edict for the annihilation of the Jews was published, and where the Jews killed five hundred men (Esther 9:6).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).
Susa is the citadel where the Jew Mordecai lived, where the edict for the annihilation of the Jews was published, and where the Jews killed five hundred men (Esther 9:6).
Mordecai, a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin exiled in Susa, brought up his cousin Esther, refused to bow down to Haman, and helped deliver the Jews from annihilation (Esther 2:7).