My LORD’s BibleEsther 4
1When 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;
וּמָרְדֳּכַי יָדַע אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה וַיִּקְרַע מָרְדֳּכַי אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וַיִּלְבַּשׁ שַׂק וָאֵפֶר וַיֵּצֵא בְּתֹוךְ הָעִיר וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדֹלָה וּמָרָה׃ (5350)
See also: Isaiah 61:3, Daniel 9:3, Esther 8:16, Jonah 3:6, 2 Samuel 1:11, 2 Samuel 13:19, Psalms 77:2, Ezekiel 27:30-31, Job 42:6, Revelation 11:3, Joshua 7:6, Micah 1:8, Zephaniah 1:14, Acts 14:14, Revelation 18:17-19, Genesis 27:34, Genesis 37:34, Exodus 33:4, 1 Kings 20:31, 2 Kings 19:1
2And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
וַיָּבֹוא עַד לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי אֵין לָבֹוא אֶל־שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּלְבוּשׁ שָׂק׃ (2500)
See also: Genesis 50:4, Luke 7:25
3And 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.
וּבְכָל־מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה מְקֹום אֲשֶׁר דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדָתֹו מַגִּיעַ אֵבֶל גָּדֹול לַיְּהוּדִים וְצֹום וּבְכִי וּמִסְפֵּד שַׂק וָאֵפֶר יֻצַּע לָרַבִּים׃ (3499)
See also: Esther 4:6, Isaiah 22:12, Esther 9:31, Daniel 9:3, Nehemiah 9:1, Esther 3:12, Esther 4:16, Isaiah 22:4, Isaiah 37:1-3, Isaiah 58:5, 1 Samuel 4:13-14, Esther 4:1, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 22:13, Matthew 25:30, 1 Samuel 11:4, Esther 1:1
4So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
[וַתְּבֹואֶינָה כ] (וַתָּבֹואנָה ק) נַעֲרֹות אֶסְתֵּר וְסָרִיסֶיהָ וַיַּגִּידוּ לָהּ וַתִּתְחַלְחַל הַמַּלְכָּה מְאֹד וַתִּשְׁלַח בְּגָדִים לְהַלְבִּישׁ אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַי וּלְהָסִיר שַׂקֹּו מֵעָלָיו וְלֹא קִבֵּל׃ (6806)
See also: 2 Kings 25:29, Psalms 77:2, Genesis 37:35, 1 Samuel 8:15, 2 Kings 9:32, Esther 1:12, Proverbs 31:26, Isaiah 56:3, Jeremiah 31:15, Acts 8:27
5Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
וַתִּקְרָא אֶסְתֵּר לַהֲתָךְ מִסָּרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱמִיד לְפָנֶיהָ וַתְּצַוֵּהוּ עַל־מָרְדֳּכָי לָדַעַת מַה־זֶּה וְעַל־מַה־זֶּה׃ (4714)
See also: 1 Corinthians 12:26, Malachi 3:16, Romans 12:15, 1 Kings 21:5, Esther 1:10, Philippians 2:4, Hebrews 4:15, Esther 1:12
6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
וַיֵּצֵא הֲתָךְ אֶל־מָרְדֳּכָי אֶל־רְחֹוב הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַׁעַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (2705)
7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
וַיַּגֶּד־לֹו מָרְדֳּכַי אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר קָרָהוּ וְאֵת ׀ פָּרָשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר אָמַר הָמָן לִשְׁקֹול עַל־גִּנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ [בַּיְּהוּדִיִּים כ] (בַּיְּהוּדִים ק) לְאַבְּדָם׃ (5077)
8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
וְאֶת־פַּתְשֶׁגֶן כְּתָב־הַדָּת אֲשֶׁר־נִתַּן בְּשׁוּשָׁן לְהַשְׁמִידָם נָתַן לֹו לְהַרְאֹות אֶת־אֶסְתֵּר וּלְהַגִּיד לָהּ וּלְצַוֹּות עָלֶיהָ לָבֹוא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהִתְחַנֶּן־לֹו וּלְבַקֵּשׁ מִלְּפָנָיו עַל־עַמָּהּ׃ (8758)
See also: Ephesians 6:18, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Job 9:15, Esther 2:20, Esther 3:14-15, 1 Timothy 6:13, Nehemiah 2:3-5, Esther 7:3-4, Esther 8:6, Proverbs 16:14-15, Proverbs 21:1, Jeremiah 38:26, Acts 12:20, 1 Timothy 6:17
9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
וַיָּבֹוא הֲתָךְ וַיַּגֵּד לְאֶסְתֵּר אֵת דִּבְרֵי מָרְדֳּכָי׃ (2055)
See also: Proverbs 26:1
10Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶסְתֵּר לַהֲתָךְ וַתְּצַוֵּהוּ אֶל־מָרְדֳּכָי׃ (2581)
11All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
כָּל־עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְעַם־מְדִינֹות הַמֶּלֶךְ יֹודְעִים אֲשֶׁר כָּל־אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר יָבֹוא־אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הֶחָצֵר הַפְּנִימִית אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִקָּרֵא אַחַת דָּתֹו לְהָמִית לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר יֹושִׁיט־לֹו הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שַׁרְבִיט הַזָּהָב וְחָיָה וַאֲנִי לֹא נִקְרֵאתִי לָבֹוא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ זֶה שְׁלֹושִׁים יֹום׃ (9779)
See also: Esther 5:1-2, Esther 5:2, Esther 8:4, Daniel 2:9, Mark 8:35, Esther 2:14, Esther 6:4, Nehemiah 2:20, Genesis 18:30, 1 Chronicles 21:13, Esther 1:19, Job 31:34, 1 Peter 3:7
12And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
וַיַּגִּידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָי אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֶסְתֵּר׃ (1621)
13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
וַיֹּאמֶר מָרְדֳּכַי לְהָשִׁיב אֶל־אֶסְתֵּר אַל־תְּדַמִּי בְנַפְשֵׁךְ לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים׃ (3298)
See also: Ecclesiastes 3:7, Proverbs 24:10-12, Esther 2:10, Proverbs 31:8, John 12:25, Philippians 2:30, Hebrews 12:3
14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
כִּי אִם־הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת רֶוַח וְהַצָּלָה יַעֲמֹוד לַיְּהוּדִים מִמָּקֹום אַחֵר וְאַתְּ וּבֵית־אָבִיךְ תֹּאבֵדוּ וּמִי יֹודֵעַ אִם־לְעֵת כָּזֹאת הִגַּעַתְּ לַמַּלְכוּת׃ (6807)
See also: Genesis 45:4-8, 1 Samuel 12:22, Deuteronomy 32:36, Isaiah 54:17, Jeremiah 30:11, Matthew 16:18, Acts 7:20-25, Ezra 9:9, Jeremiah 46:28, Esther 2:15, Numbers 23:22-24, Esther 2:17, Isaiah 49:23, Matthew 24:22, Esther 2:7, Proverbs 17:17, Amos 9:8-9, Romans 9:17, Isaiah 45:1-5, Matthew 16:25
15Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶסְתֵּר לְהָשִׁיב אֶל־מָרְדֳּכָי׃ (1960)
See also: Daniel 2:18
16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
לֵךְ כְּנֹוס אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים הַנִּמְצְאִים בְּשׁוּשָׁן וְצוּמוּ עָלַי וְאַל־תֹּאכְלוּ וְאַל־תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיֹום גַּם־אֲנִי וְנַעֲרֹתַי אָצוּם כֵּן וּבְכֵן אָבֹוא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־כַדָּת וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי אָבָדְתִּי׃ (8351)
See also: Acts 20:24, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Joel 2:12-17, Matthew 16:25, Luke 9:24, Genesis 18:19, Matthew 6:16, Genesis 43:14, Esther 5:1, Proverbs 29:26, Daniel 9:3, Joshua 24:15, 2 Samuel 10:12, Ezra 8:23, Isaiah 58:5, Jonah 3:4-9, Zephaniah 2:1, 2 Samuel 12:16, Esther 9:31, 2 Kings 7:4
17So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
וַיַּעֲבֹר מָרְדֳּכָי וַיַּעַשׂ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוְּתָה עָלָיו אֶסְתֵּר׃ (2797)