strkjv@Esther:4:1 @ When Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# perceived #H3045 yada# (8804) all that was done #H6213 #asah# (8738), Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# rent #H7167 qara# (8799) his clothes #H899 beged#, and put on #H3847 labash# (8799) sackcloth #H8242 saq# with ashes #H665 #epher#, and went out #H3318 yatsa# (8799) into the midst #H8432 tavek# of the city #H5892 #iyr#, and cried #H2199 za#aq# (8799) with a loud #H1419 gadowl# and a bitter #H4751 mar# cry #H2201 za#aq#;
strkjv@Esther:4:2 @ And came #H935 bow# (8799) even before #H6440 paniym# the kings #H4428 melek# gate #H8179 sha#ar#: for none might enter #H935 bow# (8800) into the kings #H4428 melek# gate #H8179 sha#ar# clothed #H3830 l@buwsh# with sackcloth #H8242 saq#.
strkjv@Esther:4:3 @ And in every province #H4082 m@diynah#, whithersoever #H4725 maqowm# the kings #H4428 melek# commandment #H1697 dabar# and his decree #H1881 dath# came #H5060 naga# (8688), there was great #H1419 gadowl# mourning #H60 #ebel# among the Jews #H3064 Y@huwdiy#, and fasting #H6685 tsowm#, and weeping #H1065 B@kiy#, and wailing #H4553 micepd#; and many #H7227 rab# lay #H3331 yatsa# (8714) in sackcloth #H8242 saq# and ashes #H665 #epher#.
strkjv@Esther:4:4 @ So Esthers #H635 #Ecter# maids #H5291 na#arah# and her chamberlains #H5631 cariyc# came #H935 bow# (8799) and told #H5046 nagad# (8686) it her. Then was the queen #H4436 malkah# exceedingly #H3966 m@#od# grieved #H2342 chuwl# (8698); and she sent #H7971 shalach# (8799) raiment #H899 beged# to clothe #H3847 labash# (8687) Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#, and to take away #H5493 cuwr# (8687) his sackcloth #H8242 saq# from him: but he received #H6901 qabal# (8765) it not.
strkjv@Esther:4:5 @ Then called #H7121 qara# (8799) Esther #H635 #Ecter# for Hatach #H2047 Hathak#, one of the kings #H4428 melek# chamberlains #H5631 cariyc#, whom he had appointed #H5975 #amad# (8689) to attend #H6440 paniym# upon her, and gave him a commandment #H6680 tsavah# (8762) to Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#, to know #H3045 yada# (8800) what it was, and why it was.
strkjv@Esther:4:6 @ So Hatach #H2047 Hathak# went forth #H3318 yatsa# (8799) to Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# unto the street #H7339 r@chob# of the city #H5892 #iyr#, which was before #H6440 paniym# the kings #H4428 melek# gate #H8179 sha#ar#.
strkjv@Esther:4:7 @ And Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# told #H5046 nagad# (8686) him of all that had happened #H7136 qarah# (8804) unto him, and of the sum #H6575 parashah# of the money #H3701 keceph# that Haman #H2001 Haman# had promised #H559 #amar# (8804) to pay #H8254 shaqal# (8800) to the kings #H4428 melek# treasuries #H1595 genez# for the Jews #H3064 Y@huwdiy#, to destroy #H6 #abad# (8763) them.
strkjv@Esther:4:8 @ Also he gave #H5414 nathan# (8804) him the copy #H6572 parshegen# of the writing #H3791 kathab# of the decree #H1881 dath# that was given #H5414 nathan# (8738) at Shushan #H7800 Shuwshan# to destroy #H8045 shamad# (8687) them, to shew #H7200 ra#ah# (8687) it unto Esther #H635 #Ecter#, and to declare #H5046 nagad# (8687) it unto her, and to charge #H6680 tsavah# (8763) her that she should go in #H935 bow# (8800) unto the king #H4428 melek#, to make supplication #H2603 chanan# (8692) unto him, and to make request #H1245 baqash# (8763) before #H6440 paniym# him for her people #H5971 #am#.
strkjv@Esther:4:9 @ And Hatach #H2047 Hathak# came #H935 bow# (8799) and told #H5046 nagad# (8686) Esther #H635 #Ecter# the words #H1697 dabar# of Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#.
strkjv@Esther:4:10 @ Again Esther #H635 #Ecter# spake #H559 #amar# (8799) unto Hatach #H2047 Hathak#, and gave him commandment #H6680 tsavah# (8762) unto Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#;
strkjv@Esther:4:11 @ All the kings #H4428 melek# servants #H5650 #ebed#, and the people #H5971 #am# of the kings #H4428 melek# provinces #H4082 m@diynah#, do know #H3045 yada# (8802), that whosoever, whether man #H376 #iysh# or woman #H802 #ishshah#, shall come #H935 bow# (8799) unto the king #H4428 melek# into the inner #H6442 p@niymiy# court #H2691 chatser#, who is not called #H7121 qara# (8735), there is one #H259 #echad# law #H1881 dath# of his to put him to death #H4191 muwth# (8687), except #H905 bad# such to whom the king #H4428 melek# shall hold out #H3447 yashat# (8686) the golden #H2091 zahab# sceptre #H8275 sharbiyt#, that he may live #H2421 chayah# (8804): but I have not been called #H7121 qara# (8738) to come in #H935 bow# (8800) unto the king #H4428 melek# these thirty #H7970 sh@lowshiym# days #H3117 yowm#.
strkjv@Esther:4:12 @ And they told #H5046 nagad# (8686) to Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# Esthers #H635 #Ecter# words #H1697 dabar#.
strkjv@Esther:4:13 @ Then Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# commanded #H559 #amar# (8799) to answer #H7725 shuwb# (8687) Esther #H635 #Ecter#, Think #H1819 damah# (8762) not with thyself #H5315 nephesh# that thou shalt escape #H4422 malat# (8736) in the kings #H4428 melek# house #H1004 bayith#, more than all the Jews #H3064 Y@huwdiy#.
strkjv@Esther:4:14 @ For if thou altogether #H2790 charash# (8687) holdest thy peace #H2790 charash# (8686) at this time #H6256 #eth#, then shall there enlargement #H7305 revach# and deliverance #H2020 hatstsalah# arise #H5975 #amad# (8799) to the Jews #H3064 Y@huwdiy# from another #H312 #acher# place #H4725 maqowm#; but thou and thy fathers #H1 #ab# house #H1004 bayith# shall be destroyed #H6 #abad# (8799): and who knoweth #H3045 yada# (8802) whether thou art come #H5060 naga# (8689) to the kingdom #H4438 malkuwth# for such a time #H6256 #eth# as this?
strkjv@Esther:4:15 @ Then Esther #H635 #Ecter# bade #H559 #amar# (8799) them return #H7725 shuwb# (8687) Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# this answer,
strkjv@Esther:4:16 @ Go #H3212 yalak# (8798), gather together #H3664 kanac# (8798) all the Jews #H3064 Y@huwdiy# that are present #H4672 matsa# (8737) in Shushan #H7800 Shuwshan#, and fast #H6684 tsuwm# (8798) ye for me, and neither eat #H398 #akal# (8799) nor drink #H8354 shathah# (8799) three #H7969 shalowsh# days #H3117 yowm#, night #H3915 layil# or day #H3117 yowm#: I also and my maidens #H5291 na#arah# will fast #H6684 tsuwm# (8799) likewise; and so #H3651 ken# will I go #H935 bow# (8799) in unto the king #H4428 melek#, which is not according to the law #H1881 dath#: and if I perish #H6 #abad# (8804), I perish #H6 #abad# (8804).
strkjv@Esther:4:17 @ So Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# went his way #H5674 #abar# (8799), and did #H6213 #asah# (8799) according to all that Esther #H635 #Ecter# had commanded #H6680 tsavah# (8765) him.