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1 # When Mordecai <04782> perceived <03045> (8804) all that was done <06213> (8738), Mordecai <04782> rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>, and put on <03847> (8799) sackcloth <08242> with ashes <0665>, and went out <03318> (8799) into the midst <08432> of the city <05892>, and cried <02199> (8799) with a loud <01419> and a bitter <04751> cry <02201>;
2 And came <0935> (8799) even before <06440> the king's <04428> gate <08179>: for none might enter <0935> (8800) into the king's <04428> gate <08179> clothed <03830> with sackcloth <08242>.
3 And in every province <04082>, whithersoever <04725> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060> (8688), there was great <01419> mourning <060> among the Jews <03064>, and fasting <06685>, and weeping <01065>, and wailing <04553>; and many <07227> lay <03331> (8714) in sackcloth <08242> and ashes <0665>.
4 So Esther's <0635> maids <05291> and her chamberlains <05631> came <0935> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) it her. Then was the queen <04436> exceedingly <03966> grieved <02342> (8698); and she sent <07971> (8799) raiment <0899> to clothe <03847> (8687) Mordecai <04782>, and to take away <05493> (8687) his sackcloth <08242> from him: but he received <06901> (8765) it not.
5 # Then called <07121> (8799) Esther <0635> for Hatach <02047>, one of the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, whom he had appointed <05975> (8689) to attend <06440> upon her, and gave him a commandment <06680> (8762) to Mordecai <04782>, to know <03045> (8800) what it was, and why it was.
6 So Hatach <02047> went forth <03318> (8799) to Mordecai <04782> unto the street <07339> of the city <05892> , which was before <06440> the king's <04428> gate <08179>.
7 And Mordecai <04782> told <05046> (8686) him of all that had happened <07136> (8804) unto him, and of the sum <06575> of the money <03701> that Haman <02001> had promised <0559> (8804) to pay <08254> (8800) to the king's <04428> treasuries <01595> for the Jews <03064>, to destroy <06> (8763) them.
8 Also he gave <05414> (8804) him the copy <06572> of the writing <03791> of the decree <01881> that was given <05414> (8738) at Shushan <07800> to destroy <08045> (8687) them, to shew <07200> (8687) it unto Esther <0635>, and to declare <05046> (8687) it unto her, and to charge <06680> (8763) her that she should go in <0935> (8800) unto the king <04428>, to make supplication <02603> (8692) unto him, and to make request <01245> (8763) before <06440> him for her people <05971>.
9 And Hatach <02047> came <0935> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) Esther <0635> the words <01697> of Mordecai <04782>.
10 Again Esther <0635> spake <0559> (8799) unto Hatach <02047>, and gave him commandment <06680> (8762) unto Mordecai <04782>;
11 All the king's <04428> servants <05650>, and the people <05971> of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, do know <03045> (8802), that whosoever, whether man <0376> or woman <0802>, shall come <0935> (8799) unto the king <04428> into the inner <06442> court <02691>, who is not called <07121> (8735), there is one <0259> law <01881> of his to put him to death <04191> (8687), except <0905> such to whom the king <04428> shall hold out <03447> (8686) the golden <02091> sceptre <08275>, that he may live <02421> (8804): but I have not been called <07121> (8738) to come in <0935> (8800) unto the king <04428> these thirty <07970> days <03117>.
12 And they told <05046> (8686) to Mordecai <04782> Esther's <0635> words <01697>.
13 Then Mordecai <04782> commanded <0559> (8799) to answer <07725> (8687) Esther <0635>, Think <01819> (8762) not with thyself <05315> that thou shalt escape <04422> (8736) in the king's <04428> house <01004>, more than all the Jews <03064>.
14 For if thou altogether <02790> (8687) holdest thy peace <02790> (8686) at this time <06256>, then shall there enlargement <07305> and deliverance <02020> arise <05975> (8799) to the Jews <03064> from another <0312> place <04725>; but thou and thy father's <01> house <01004> shall be destroyed <06> (8799): and who knoweth <03045> (8802) whether thou art come <05060> (8689) to the kingdom <04438> for such a time <06256> as this?
15 Then Esther <0635> bade <0559> (8799) them return <07725> (8687) Mordecai <04782> this answer,
16 Go <03212> (8798), gather together <03664> (8798) all the Jews <03064> that are present <04672> (8737) in Shushan <07800>, and fast <06684> (8798) ye for me, and neither eat <0398> (8799) nor drink <08354> (8799) three <07969> days <03117>, night <03915> or day <03117>: I also and my maidens <05291> will fast <06684> (8799) likewise; and so <03651> will I go <0935> (8799) in unto the king <04428>, which is not according to the law <01881> : and if I perish <06> (8804), I perish <06> (8804).
17 So Mordecai <04782> went his way <05674> (8799), and did <06213> (8799) according to all that Esther <0635> had commanded <06680> (8765) him.