Thematic Bible
Esther 4:1 (show verse)
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.
Esther 4:2 (show verse)
He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.
Esther 4:3 (show verse)
In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:4 (show verse)
Then Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
Esther 4:5 (show verse)
Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king’s eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
Esther 4:6 (show verse)
So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king’s gate.
Esther 4:7 (show verse)
Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
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Esther 4:8 (show verse)
He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people.
Esther 4:9 (show verse)
Hathach came back and related Mordecai’s words to Esther.
Esther 4:10 (show verse)
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:
Esther 4:11 (show verse)
“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.”
Esther 4:12 (show verse)
They related Esther’s words to Mordecai.
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Esther 4:13 (show verse)
Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the Jews.
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Esther 4:14 (show verse)
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”
Aim in life » Mission, life's » Esther called to preserve the jews
Esther » The woman for an emergency,
Faith » Instances of » Mordecai, in the deliverance of the jews
Mission » Life's » Esther called to preserve the jews
Queens » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Women » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Esther » The woman for an emergency,
Faith » Instances of » Mordecai, in the deliverance of the jews
Mission » Life's » Esther called to preserve the jews
Queens » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Women » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Esther 4:15 (show verse)
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Esther 4:16 (show verse)
“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Courage » Instances of personal bravery » Esther, in going to the king to save her people
Decision » Instances of » Esther
Esther » The woman for an emergency,
Fasting » National--exemplified
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Fasting » Of saints--exemplified » Esther
Fasting » Approaching danger
Medo-persian kingdom » Kings of » Put to death all who approached them without permission
Notable women » Esther, the self-sacrificing woman
Queens » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Repentance » Examples of » Fasts proclaimed in connection with
Self-denial » Exemplified » Esther
Self-denial » Instances of » Esther, in risking her life for the deliverance of her people
Shushan (susa) » King's palace at
Time » Part of a period of, usually counted as the whole
Virtues » Of women » A devotional spirit
crowning qualities of Womanhood » A devotional spirit
Women » Persistence of examples of » Piety of
Women » Counsel of » Devout
Women » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Women » Queens » Esther » Characteristics of » Self-denial and heroism
Women » Notable » Esther, the self-sacrificing woman
Women » Good » Esther
Decision » Instances of » Esther
Esther » The woman for an emergency,
Fasting » National--exemplified
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Fasting » Of saints--exemplified » Esther
Fasting » Approaching danger
Medo-persian kingdom » Kings of » Put to death all who approached them without permission
Notable women » Esther, the self-sacrificing woman
Queens » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Repentance » Examples of » Fasts proclaimed in connection with
Self-denial » Exemplified » Esther
Self-denial » Instances of » Esther, in risking her life for the deliverance of her people
Shushan (susa) » King's palace at
Time » Part of a period of, usually counted as the whole
Virtues » Of women » A devotional spirit
crowning qualities of Womanhood » A devotional spirit
Women » Persistence of examples of » Piety of
Women » Counsel of » Devout
Women » Es 1-10 » The woman for an emergency,
Women » Queens » Esther » Characteristics of » Self-denial and heroism
Women » Notable » Esther, the self-sacrificing woman
Women » Good » Esther
Esther 4:17 (show verse)
So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.