Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Esther 4:3
And many lay in sackcloth and ashes All day long they fasted, and wept, and lamented; and in the night many lay, not in their beds, but in sack or haircloth strewed with ashes.
And many lay in sackcloth and ashes All day long they fasted, and wept, and lamented; and in the night many lay, not in their beds, but in sack or haircloth strewed with ashes.
Verse Esther 4:3. _FASTING, AND WEEPING, AND WAILING_] How astonishing, that in all this there is not the slightest intimation given _of_ _praying to God_!...
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...
COMMANDMENTS WORD. See note on Esther 1:12. DECREE. Imperial decree. Hebrew. _dath_. See notes on Esther 1:8; Esther 2:8. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), to emphasize the great...
_many lay in sackcloth and ashes_ lit. _sackcloth and ashes were spread under many_....
Esther 4:1-3. Dismay of Mordecai and the Jews Mordecai not only shares with the other dwellers in Susa the knowledge of the impending calamity, but also has obtained (Esther 4:7) information as to th...
IV. Pluck of Esther, Chapter 4 A. Cry TEXT: Esther 4:1-3 1 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the c...
_AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE: FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
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...
וּ בְ כָל ־מְדִינָ֣ה וּ מְדִינָ֗ה מְקֹום֙
QUEEN ESTHER Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12 THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in the crisis...
MORDECAI Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1 THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate ideas is evidently a...
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...
_Edict. Literally, "dogma;: (Haydock) a word used in this sense, (Acts xv. 16.) and by Demosthenes, &c. (Tirinus) --- Mourning. The most effectual means of redress, is to do works of penance for past...
(1) В¶ 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; (2) And c...
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...
AND IN EVERY PROVINCE WHITHERSOEVER THE KING'S COMMANDMENT AND HIS DECREE CAME,.... For destroying the Jews on such a day, in every place where they were to be found: THERE WAS GREAT MOURNING AMONG T...
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....
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, for according to the decree of the king...
THE MOURNING OF THE JEWS...
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...
MANY LAY IN SACKLOTH AND ASHES: _ Heb._ sackcloth and ashes were laid under many...
1-4 Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Esther 4:3 every H4725 province H4082 kings H4428 command H1697 decree H1881 arrived H5060 (H8688) great H1419 mourning...
AND MANY LAY Hebrew, sackcloth and ashes were laid under many. (Isaiah 58:5); (Daniel 9:3)....
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....
_And in every province. .. there was great mourning among the Jews._ A SENTENCE OF DEATH If a sentence of death pronounced by an earthly sovereign produced such grief, such anxiety, such cries of del...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:1 SACKCLOTH AND ASHES... FASTING AND WEEPING. Traditional ways of expressing grief in the ancient Near East, including Israel. Such behavior was banned in THE KING’S GATE (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 4:1. PERCEIVED ALL THAT WAS DONE] Evident that Mordecai knew not only the terms of the public proclamation, but the particulars of the private arrangement between Haman and the...
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 11:4; 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 4:14; Daniel 9:3; Esther 1:1;...