Esther 4:1-8

1NowH1419 when MordecaiH4782 knewH3045 allH3605 that was doneH6213, MordecaiH4782 rent his clothesH899, and putH3847 on sackclothH8242 with ashesH665, and wentH3318 outH3318 intoH8432 the midstH8432 of the cityH5892, and criedH2199 with a loudH1419 and a bitterH4751 cryH2199:

2and he cameH935 evenH5704 beforeH6440 the king’sH4428 gateH8179: for noneH369 might enterH935 withinH935 the king’sH4428 gateH8179 clothedH3830 with sackclothH8242.

3And in everyH3605 provinceH4082, whithersoever the king’sH4428 commandmentH1697 and his decreeH1881 cameH5060, there was greatH1419 mourningH60 among the JewsH3064, and fastingH6685, and weepingH1065, and wailingH4553; and manyH7227 layH3331 in sackclothH8242 and ashesH665.

4And Esther’sH635 maidensH5291 and herH7971 chamberlains cameH935 and toldH5046 it herH7971; and the queenH4436 was exceedinglyH3966 grieved: and sheH635 sentH7971 raiment to clotheH3847 MordecaiH4782, and to takeH5493 his sackclothH8242 from offH5921 him: but he receivedH935 it notH3808.

5Then calledH7121 EstherH635 for HathachH2047, one of the king’sH4428 chamberlains, whomH834 he had appointedH5975 to attendH6440 uponH5921 herH5921, and chargedH6680 him to go to MordecaiH4782, to knowH3045 whatH4100 this was, and whyH4100 it was.

6SoH3318 HathachH2047 wentH3318 forthH3318 to MordecaiH4782 unto the broad place of the cityH5892, whichH834 was beforeH6440 the king’sH4428 gateH8179.

7And MordecaiH4782 toldH5046 him of allH3605 that had happenedH7136 unto him, and the exactH6575 sum of the moneyH3701 that HamanH2001 had promisedH559 to payH8254 to the king’sH4428 treasuriesH1595 for the JewsH3064, to destroyH6 them.

8Also he gaveH5414 him the copyH6572 of the writingH3791 of the decreeH1881 that was givenH5414 outH6440 in Shushan to destroyH8045 them, to shew it unto EstherH635, and to declareH5046 it unto herH413; and to chargeH5921 herH413 that sheH834 should goH935 in unto the kingH4428, to makeH5414 supplication unto him, and to makeH5414 requestH1245 beforeH6440 him, for herH413 peopleH5971.