16 "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for *[ch. 5:1] three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, *[Gen. 43:14]and if I perish, I perish."*4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed