_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;_
When Mordecai perceived all that was done. Relying on the irrevocable
nature of a Persian monarch's decree (Da... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE: FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE
KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH._
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_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._
Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe
Mordecai. Her objec... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom
he had appointed to attend upon her. Communicat... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HATACH WENT FORTH TO MORDECAI UNTO THE STREET OF THE CITY, WHICH
WAS BEFORE THE KING'S GATE._
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_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._
Charge her tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HATACH CAME AND TOLD ESTHER THE WORDS OF MORDECAI._
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_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOLD TO MORDECAI ESTHER'S WORDS._
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_THEN MORDECAI COMMANDED TO ANSWER ESTHER, THINK NOT WITH THYSELF THAT
THOU SHALT ESCAPE IN THE KING'S HOUSE, MORE THAN ALL THE JEWS._
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther. His answer was to this
effect, that Esther need not indulge the vain hope she would, from her
royal connection escape the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_
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_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._
I also and my maidens. I... [ Continue Reading ]