Esther 4

1 ♥ 📝 N ow when Mordecai^H4782 knew^H3045 all that was done,^H6213 Mordecai^H4782 rent^H7167 his clothes,^H899 and put on^H3847 sackcloth^H8242 with ashes,^H665 and went out^H3318 into the midst^H8432 of the city,^H5892 and cried^H2199 with a loud^H1419 and a bitter^H4751 cry;^H2201

2 ♥ 📝 and he came^H935 even before^H6440 the king's^H4428 gate:^H8179 for none might enter^H935 within the king's^H4428 gate^H8179 clothed^H3830 with sackcloth.^H8242

3 ♥ 📝 And in every province,^H4082 whithersoever^H4725 the king's^H4428 commandment^H1697 and his decree^H1881 came,^H5060 there was great^H1419 mourning^H60 among the Jews,^H3064 and fasting,^H6685 and weeping,^H1065 and wailing;^H4553 and many^H7227 lay^H3331 in sackcloth^H8242 and ashes.^H665

4 ♥ 📝 And Esther's^H635 maidens^H5291 and her chamberlains^H5631 came^H935 and told^H5046 it her; and the queen^H4436 was exceedingly^H3966 grieved:^H2342 and she sent^H7971 raiment^H899 to clothe^H3847 Mordecai,^H4782 and to take his sackcloth^H8242 from off^H5493 him; but he received^H6901 it not.

5 ♥ 📝 Then called^H7121 Esther^H635 for Hathach,^H2047 one of the king's^H4428 chamberlains,^H5631 whom he had appointed^H5975 to attend^H6440 upon her, and charged^H6680 him to go to Mordecai,^H4782 to know^H3045 what this was, and why it was.

6 ♥ 📝 So Hathach^H2047 went forth^H3318 to Mordecai^H4782 unto the broad^H7339 place of the city,^H5892 which was before^H6440 the king's^H4428 gate.^H8179

7 ♥ 📝 And Mordecai^H4782 told^H5046 him of all that had happened^H7136 unto him, and the exact sum^H6575 of the money^H3701 that Haman^H2001 had promised^H559 to pay^H8254 to the king's^H4428 treasuries^H1595 for the Jews,^H3064 to destroy^H6 them.

8 ♥ 📝 Also he gave^H5414 him the copy^H6572 of the writing^H3791 of the decree^H1881 that was given^H5414 out in Shushan^H7800 to destroy^H8045 them, to show^H7200 it unto Esther,^H635 and to declare^H5046 it unto her, and to charge^H6680 her that she should go in^H935 unto the king,^H4428 to make supplication^H2603 unto him, and to make request^H1245 before^H6440 him, for her people.^H5971

9 ♥ 📝 And Hathach^H2047 came^H935 and told^H5046 Esther^H635 the words^H1697 of Mordecai.^H4782

10 ♥ 📝 Then Esther^H635 spake^H559 unto Hathach,^H2047 and gave him a message^H6680 unto Mordecai^H4782 [saying]:

11 ♥ 📝 All the king's^H4428 servants,^H5650 and the people^H5971 of the king's^H4428 provinces,^H4082 do know,^H3045 that whosoever, whether man^H376 or woman,^H802 shall come^H935 unto the king^H4428 into the inner^H6442 court,^H2691 who is not called,^H7121 there is one^H259 law^H1881 for him, that he be put to death,^H4191 except^H905 those to whom the king^H4428 shall hold out^H3447 the golden^H2091 sceptre,^H8275 that he may live:^H2421 but I have not been called^H7121 to come in^H935 unto the king^H4428 these thirty^H7970 days.^H3117

12 ♥ 📝 And they told^H5046 to Mordecai^H4782 Esther's^H635 words.^H1697

13 ♥ 📝 Then Mordecai^H4782 bade^H559 them return answer^H7725 unto Esther,^H635 Think^H1819 not with thyself^H5315 that thou shalt escape^H4422 in the king's^H4428 house,^H1004 more than all the Jews.^H3064

14 ♥ 📝 For if thou altogether^H2790 holdest thy peace^H2790 at this time,^H6256 then will relief^H7305 and deliverance^H2020 arise^H5975 to the Jews^H3064 from another^H312 place,^H4725 but thou and thy father's^H1 house^H1004 will perish:^H6 and who knoweth^H3045 whether thou art not come^H5060 to the kingdom^H4438 for such a time^H6256 as this?

15 ♥ 📝 Then Esther^H635 bade^H559 them return^H7725 answer unto Mordecai,^H4782

16 ♥ 📝 Go,^H3212 gather together^H3664 all the Jews^H3064 that are present^H4672 in Shushan,^H7800 and fast^H6684 ye for me, and neither eat^H398 nor drink^H8354 three^H7969 days,^H3117 night^H3915 or day:^H3117 I also and my maidens^H5291 will fast^H6684 in like manner; and so^H3651 will I go^H935 in unto the king,^H4428 which is not according to the law:^H1881 and if I perish,^H6 I perish.^H6

17 ♥ 📝 So Mordecai^H4782 went his way,^H5674 and did^H6213 according to all that Esther^H635 had commanded^H6680 him.