Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Esther 4:16
Again the religious element shows itself. Esther’s fast could have no object but to obtain God’s favor and protection in the dangerous course on which she was about to enter.
Again the religious element shows itself. Esther’s fast could have no object but to obtain God’s favor and protection in the dangerous course on which she was about to enter.
Verse Esther 4:16. _FAST YE FOR ME, AND NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK THREE DAYS_] What a strange thing, that still we hear nothing of _prayer_, nor of _God_! What is the ground on which we can account for t...
THE CONSTERNATION OF THE JEWS -- MORDECAI AND ESTHER CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The great lamentations of the Jews (Esther 4:1)_ 2. Esther's discovery (Esther 4:4) 3. Esther's helplessness (Esther 4:10) 4. M...
ESTHER 4. THE DISMAY OF THE JEWS. MORDECAI OVERCOMES ESTHER'S RELUCTANCE TO INTERCEDE WITH THE KING. And now the gloom spreads. At this point, the LXX has a pathetic message from Mordecai to his niece...
FAST FOR ME, AND NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK FOR THREE DAYS, NIGHT OR DAY. Esther had made up her mind. She would intrude herself upon the king and ask the salvation of her race, even if she perished. Consc...
THREE DAYS, NIGHT OR DAY. The Jerusalem Talmud says "a day and night together make up. _nulctke-meron,_ and that any part of such period is counted as. whole". Compare 1 Samuel 30:12; 1 Samuel 30:13....
Esther's grief and the communications between her and Mordecai 4. _came and told it her_ Although unaware, according to the story, of the queen's relationship to Mordecai, her attendants knew (see Es...
_all the Jews that are present in Shushan_ We are to suppose them to be a considerable number, if they were subsequently able to dispose of three hundred of their foes (Esther 9:15). _fast ye for me_...
D. Courage TEXT: Esther 4:13-17 13 Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou alto...
_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 UNT...
MORDECAI'S APPEAL TO ESTHER TO SAVE HER COUNTRYMEN 1. When Mordecai perceived] His position at the door of the palace (href='190 2:21'>Est 2:21) would enable him to obtain early intelligence....
FAST YE FOR ME] Fasting was an accompaniment of prayer (cp. Ezra 8:23; Nehemiah 1:4), and Esther's request was for united prayer on her behalf. IF I PERISH, I PERISH] Esther proceeded on her dangerous...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 4 V1 Mordecai discovered what had happened. He tore his clothes. He put on *sackcloth and ashes and he went into the city. He cried aloud be...
לֵךְ֩ כְּנֹ֨וס אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ יְּהוּדִ֜ים הַֽ
OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRIOTIC DEVOTION Esther 4:1 It seemed as if the whole nation would suddenly be cut off to satisfy the hatred of Haman, and Mordecai knew that he had been the cause of the plot. Esth...
The news of the intended slaughter reached Esther in the royal palace, and she sent to make inquiries. Thus between the extreme need of her people and the king she became a direct link. The custom and...
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...
Pray. Hebrew, "fast." They might take some refreshment in the evening, (Lyranus) of dried meats. (Josephus) (Grotius) --- Few constitutions could have done without any thing. Yet after two nights and...
(15) Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, (16) 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 als...
_A TRUE HEROINE_ ‘Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shu...
For Such a Time as This I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw "little Hitler" Haman issue a decree to have all the Jews in the Persian empire destroyed because Mordecai wouldn't bow to him like all th...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...
GO, GATHER TOGETHER ALL THE JEWS THAT ARE PRESENT IN SHUSHAN,.... To acquaint them with what follows; but not to continue in a body together, which might cause suspicion of an ill design in them; acco...
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...
_And fast ye for me_ And pray, which was the main business, to which fasting was only a help; _and neither eat nor drink three days_ Namely, in such a manner as you used to do. Abstain from all set me...
Esther Agrees to Mordeai's Plan...
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, a very severe fast, accompanied with urgent prayer to God to give s...
ESTHER AGREES TO INTERCEDE (vv. 1-17) Mordecai of course very soon learned of this satanic plot of Haman against Israel and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes in token of humiliatio...
PRESENT: _ Heb._ found...
5-17 We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it, we must take up our cross, and follow him. When Christians are d...
FAST YE, AND PRAY; which was the main business, to which fasting was only a help and a handmaid. NEITHER EAT NOR DRINK, to wit, so as you use to do, either deliciously or plentifully. Leave off your c...
Esther 4:16 Go H3212 (H8798) gather H3664 (H8798) Jews H3064 present H4672 (H8737) Shushan H7800 fast...
CONTENTS: Fasting among the Jews. Esther's resolution to defeat the decree. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai, Haman, Hatach. CONCLUSION: We should consider for what end God has put us in the...
Esther 4:8. _He gave him the copy of the writing;_ for the decree, or dogma, was exposed to the public. Esther 4:11. _One law of his to put him to death._ This was an ancient law of the Persian kings....
_Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan._ THE CRISIS IN THE LIFE OF ESTHER The spectacle presented reminds us-- I. That in neither place nor fortune has any one security again...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:16 HOLD A FAST. Not an outpouring of grief as in v. Esther 4:3, but an effort to increase Esther’s chances of success, through earnest prayer. This is the st
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 4:15.] Esther resolves to go to the king unsummoned and begs a three days’ fast. “Though God and prayer are not here mentioned, it is yet obviously assumed that it was before G...
EXPOSITION MOURNING OF MORDECAI, AND OF THE JEWS GENERALLY, ON HEARING OF THE DECREE (Esther 4:1...
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, he put on sackcloth with ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city, and he cried with a loud and bitter cry; And he even came be...
1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Chronicles 20:3; 2 Samuel 10:12; Acts 10:7; Acts 20:
Fast — And pray; so as you use to do, leave off your common dinners by day, and suppers at night, and eat and drink no more than mere necessity requires; that so you may give yourselves to constant an...
Didn’t Esther disobey human government which God had ordained? PROBLEM: Romans 13:1 informs us that even pagan governments are “appointed by God,” and Peter adds, “submit yourselves to every ordinance...