1 When Mordecai 4782 perceived 3045 all that was done 6213, Mordecai 4782 rent 7167 his clothes 899, and put on 3847 sackcloth 8242 with ashes 665, and went out 3318 into the midst 8432 of the city 5892, and cried 2199 with a loud 1419 and a bitter 4751 cry 2201;
2 And came 935 even before 6440 the king's 4428 gate 8179: for none might enter 935 into the king's 4428 gate 8179 clothed 3830 with sackcloth 8242.
3 And in every province 4082, whithersoever 4725 the king's 4428 commandment 1697 and his decree 1881 came 5060, there was great 1419 mourning 60 among the Jews 3064, and fasting 6685, and weeping 1065, and wailing 4553; and many 7227 lay 3331 in sackcloth 8242 and ashes 665.
4 So Esther's 635 maids 5291 and her chamberlains 5631 came 935 and told 5046 it her. Then was the queen 4436 exceedingly 3966 grieved 2342; and she sent 7971 raiment 899 to clothe 3847 Mordecai 4782, and to take away 5493 his sackcloth 8242 from him: but he received 6901 it not.
5 Then called 7121 Esther 635 for Hatach 2047, one of the king's 4428 chamberlains 5631, whom he had appointed 5975 to attend 6440 upon her, and gave him a commandment 6680 to Mordecai 4782, to know 3045 what it was, and why it was.
6 So Hatach 2047 went forth 3318 to Mordecai 4782 unto the street 7339 of the city 5892, which was before 6440 the king's 4428 gate 8179.
7 And Mordecai 4782 told 5046 him of all that had happened 7136 unto him, and of the sum 6575 of the money 3701 that Haman 2001 had promised 559 to pay 8254 to the king's 4428 treasuries 1595 for the Jews 3064, to destroy 6 them.
8 Also he gave 5414 him the copy 6572 of the writing 3791 of the decree 1881 that was given 5414 at Shushan 7800 to destroy 8045 them, to shew 7200 it unto Esther 635, and to declare 5046 it unto her, and to charge 6680 her that she should go in 935 unto the king 4428, to make supplication 2603 unto him, and to make request 1245 before 6440 him for her people 5971.
9 And Hatach 2047 came 935 and told 5046 Esther 635 the words 1697 of Mordecai 4782.
10 Again Esther 635 spake 559 unto Hatach 2047, and gave him commandment 6680 unto Mordecai 4782;
11 All the king's 4428 servants 5650, and the people 5971 of the king's 4428 provinces 4082, do know 3045, that whosoever, whether man 376 or woman 802, shall come 935 unto the king 4428 into the inner 6442 court 2691, who is not called 7121, there is one 259 law 1881 of his to put him to death 4191, except 905 such to whom the king 4428 shall hold out 3447 the golden 2091 sceptre 8275, that he may live 2421: but I have not been called 7121 to come in 935 unto the king 4428 these thirty 7970 days 3117.
12 And they told 5046 to Mordecai 4782 Esther's 635 words 1697.
13 Then Mordecai 4782 commanded 559 to answer 7725 Esther 635, Think 1819 not with thyself 5315 that thou shalt escape 4422 in the king's 4428 house 1004, more than all the Jews 3064.
14 For if thou altogether 2790 holdest thy peace 2790 at this time 6256, then shall there enlargement 7305 and deliverance 2020 arise 5975 to the Jews 3064 from another 312 place 4725; but thou and thy father's 1 house 1004 shall be destroyed 6: and who knoweth 3045 whether thou art come 5060 to the kingdom 4438 for such a time 6256 as this?
15 Then Esther 635 bade 559 them return 7725 Mordecai 4782 this answer,
16 Go 3212, gather together 3664 all the Jews 3064 that are present 4672 in Shushan 7800, and fast 6684 ye for me, and neither eat 398 nor drink 8354 three 7969 days 3117, night 3915 or day 3117: I also and my maidens 5291 will fast 6684 likewise; and so 3651 will I go 935 in unto the king 4428, which is not according to the law 1881: and if I perish 6, I perish 6.
17 So Mordecai 4782 went his way 5674, and did 6213 according to all that Esther 635 had commanded 6680 him.