Esther 4 (NET)

Esther 4:1¹Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:32 Sam 1:112 Sam 13:19Ezek 27:30-31Job 42:6Acts 14:14Mic 1:8Rev 18:17-19Zeph 1:14Esth 4:3

Esther 4:2²But he went no farther than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Esther 4:3³Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 22:12Dan 9:3Esth 3:12Esth 4:16Isa 22:4Isa 37:1-3Isa 58:51 Sam 4:13-14Matt 13:42Matt 22:13

Esther 4:4⁴When Esther’s female attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her about Mordecai’s behavior, the queen was overcome with anguish. Although she sent garments for Mordecai to put on so that he could remove his sackcloth, he would not accept them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 77:21 Sam 8:152 Kgs 9:32Esth 1:12Gen 37:35Isa 56:3Jer 31:15Acts 8:27

Esther 4:5⁵So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who had been placed at her service, and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai’s behavior.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:26Rom 12:15Esth 1:10Heb 4:15Phil 2:4Esth 1:12

Esther 4:6⁶So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king’s gate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 4:3Esth 7:2

Esther 4:7⁷Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:2-15

Esther 4:8⁸He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 10:4Job 9:151 Tim 6:13Esth 2:20Esth 3:14-15Acts 12:20Esth 7:3-4Esth 8:6Neh 2:3-5Prov 16:14-15

Esther 4:9⁹So Hathach returned and related Mordecai’s instructions to Esther.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Esther 4:10¹⁰Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Esther 4:11¹¹“All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court—that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 5:1-2Dan 2:9Esth 8:4Esth 2:14Esth 1:19Esth 6:41 Pet 3:7

Esther 4:12¹²When Esther’s reply was conveyed to Mordecai,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Esther 4:13¹³he said to take back this answer to Esther: “Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 24:10-12John 12:25Phil 2:30Heb 12:3

Esther 4:14¹⁴If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 45:4-81 Sam 12:22Deut 32:36Isa 54:17Jer 30:11Matt 16:18Acts 7:20-25Ezra 9:9Jer 46:28Esth 2:15

Esther 4:15¹⁵Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Esther 4:16¹⁶“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast on my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:242 Chr 20:3Joel 2:12-17Luke 9:24Gen 18:192 Sam 10:12Gen 43:14Jonah 3:4-9Josh 24:15Esth 5:1

Esther 4:17¹⁷So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI