V.1 When Mordecai 4782 perceived 3045-1 all that was done, 6213-8 Mordecai 4782 rent 7167-4 his clothes, 899 and put on 3847-4 sackcloth 8242 with ashes, 665 and went out 3318-4 into the midst 8432 of the city, 5892 and cried 2199-4 with a loud 1419 and a bitter 4751 cry; 2201

4:2 And came 935-4 even before 6440 the king's 4428 gate: 8179 for none [might] enter 935-2 into the king's 4428 gate 8179 clothed 3830 with sackcloth. 8242

4:3 And in every province, 4082 4082 whithersoever 4725 the king's 4428 commandment 1697 and his decree 1881 came, 5060- 56 [there was] great 1419 mourning 60 among the Jews, 3064 and fasting, 6685 and weeping, 1065 and wailing; 4553 and many 7227 lay 3331-93 in sackcloth 8242 and ashes. 665

4:4 So Esther's 635 maids 5291 and her chamberlains 5631 came 935-4 and told 5046-55 [it] her. Then was the queen 4436 exceedingly 3966 grieved; 2342-118 and she sent 7971-4 raiment 899 to clothe 3847-53 Mordecai, 4782 and to take away 5493-53 his sackcloth 8242 from him: but he received 6901-14 [it] not.

4:5 Then called 7121-4 Esther 635 for Hatach, 2047 [one] of the king's 4428 chamberlains, 5631 whom he had appointed 5975-52 to attend upon 6440 her, and gave him a commandment 6680-17 to Mordecai, 4782 to know 3045-2 what it [was], and why it [was].

4:6 So Hatach 2047 went forth 3318-4 to Mordecai 4782 unto the street 7339 of the city, 5892 which [was] before 6440 the king's 4428 gate. 8179

4:7 And Mordecai 4782 told 5046-55 him of all that had happened 7136-1 unto him, and of the sum 6575 of the money 3701 that Haman 2001 had promised 559-1 to pay 8254-2 to the king's 4428 treasuries 1595 for the Jews, 3064 to destroy 6- 15 them.

4:8 Also he gave 5414-1 him the copy 6572 of the writing 3791 of the decree 1881 that was given 5414-8 at Shushan 7800 to destroy 8045-53 them, to shew 7200-53 [it] unto Esther, 635 and to declare 5046-53 [it] unto her, and to charge 6680-15 her that she should go in 935-2 unto the king, 4428 to make supplication 2603-99 unto him, and to make request 1245-15 before 6440 him for her people. 5971

4:9 And Hatach 2047 came 935-4 and told 5046-55 Esther 635 the words 1697 of Mordecai. 4782

4:10 Again Esther 635 spake 559-4 unto Hatach, 2047 and gave him commandment 6680-17 unto Mordecai; 4782

4:11 All the king's 4428 servants, 5650 and the people 5971 of the king's 4428 provinces, 4082 do know, 3045-6 that whosoever, whether man 376 or woman, 802 shall come 935-4 unto the king 4428 into the inner 6442 court, 2691 who is not called, 7121-11 [there is] one 259 law 1881 of his to put [him] to death, 4191-53 except 905 such to whom the king 4428 shall hold out 3447-55 the golden 2091 sceptre, 8275 that he may live: 2421-1 but I have not been called 7121-8 to come in 935-2 unto the king 4428 these thirty 7970 days. 3117

4:12 And they told 5046-55 to Mordecai 4782 Esther's 635 words. 1697

4:13 Then Mordecai 4782 commanded 559-4 to answer 7725-53 Esther, 635 Think 1819-17 not with thyself 5315 that thou shalt escape 4422-9 in the king's 4428 house, 1004 more than all the Jews. 3064

4:14 For if thou altogether 2790-53 holdest thy peace 2790-55 at this time, 6256 [then] shall there enlargement 7305 and deliverance 2020 arise 5975-4 to the Jews 3064 from another 312 place; 4725 but thou and thy father's 1 house 1004 shall be destroyed: 6-4 and who knoweth 3045-6 whether thou art come 5060-52 to the kingdom 4438 for [such] a time 6256 as this?

4:15 Then Esther 635 bade 559-4 [them] return 7725-53 Mordecai 4782 [this answer],

4:16 Go, 3212-3 gather together 3664-3 all the Jews 3064 that are present 4672-12 in Shushan, 7800 and fast 6684-3 ye for me, and neither eat 398-4 nor drink 8354-4 three 7969 days, 3117 night 3915 or day: 3117 I also and my maidens 5291 will fast 6684-4 likewise; and so 3651 will I go in 935-4 unto the king, 4428 which [is] not according to the law: 1881 and if I perish, 6-1 I perish. 6-1