<vn='1'>When <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="3045">perceived</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="6213">done</s>, <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>, and put <sn="3847">on</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s> with <sn="665">ashes</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s> into the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="2199">cried</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s> and a <sn="4751">bitter</s><sn="2201">cry</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">even</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="8179">gate</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="369">none</s> might <sn="935">enter</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="3830">clothed</s> with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And in <sn="3605">every</s><sn="4082 4082">province</s>, <sn="4725 834">whithersoever</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">commandment</s> and his <sn="1881">decree</s><sn="5060">came</s>, there was <sn="1419">great</s><sn="60">mourning</s> among the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, and <sn="6685">fasting</s>, and <sn="1065">weeping</s>, and <sn="4553">wailing</s>; and <sn="7227">many</s><sn="3331">lay</s> in <sn="8242">sackcloth</s> and <sn="665">ashes</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>So <sn="635">Esther</s> 's <sn="5291">maids</s> and her <sn="5631">chamberlains</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="5046">told</s> it her. Then was the <sn="4436">queen</s><sn="3966">exceedingly</s><sn="2342">grieved</s>; and she <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="899">raiment</s> to <sn="3847">clothe</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s>, and to take <sn="5493">away</s> his <sn="8242">sackcloth</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him: but he <sn="6901">received</s> it <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="7121">called</s><sn="635">Esther</s> for <sn="2047">Hatach</s>, one of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4480 5631">chamberlains</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> he had <sn="5975">appointed</s> to attend <sn="6440">upon</s> her, and gave him a <sn="6680">commandmen</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s>, to <sn="3045">know</s><sn="4100">what</s><sn="2088">it</s> was, and <sn="5921 4100">why</s><sn="2088">it</s> was. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="2047">Hatach</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="5046">told</s> him of <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> had <sn="7136">happened</s> unto him, <sn="*853">and</s> of the <sn="6575">sum</s> of the <sn="3701">money</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="2001">Haman</s> had <sn="559">promised</s> to <sn="8254">pay</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1595">treasuries</s> for the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, to <sn="6">destroy</s> them. </v>
<vn='8'>Also he <sn="5414">gave</s> him the <sn="6572">copy</s> of the <sn="3791">writing</s> of the <sn="1881">decree</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5414">given</s> at <sn="7800">Shushan</s> to <sn="8045">destroy</s> them, to <sn="7200">show</s> it unto <sn="*853"></s><sn="635">Esther</s>, and to <sn="5046">declare</s> it unto her, and to <sn="6680">charge</s><sn="5921">her</s> that she should go <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, to make <sn="2603">supplication</s> unto him, and to make <sn="1245">request</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> him <sn="5921">for</s> her <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="2047">Hatach</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="635">Esther</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="4782">Mordecai</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Again <sn="635">Esther</s><sn="559">spoke</s> unto <sn="2047">Hatach</s>, and gave him <sn="6680">commandment</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s>; </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4082">provinces</s>, do <sn="3045">know</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="3605 834">whosoever</s>, <sn="834">whether</s><sn="376">man</s> or <sn="802">woman</s>, shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="6442">inner</s><sn="2691">court</s>, <sn="834">who</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7121">called</s>, there is <sn="259">one</s><sn="1881">law</s> of his to put him to <sn="4191">death</s>, <sn="905">except</s> such to <sn="4480 834">whom</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> shall hold <sn="3447">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="8275">scepter</s>, that he may <sn="2421">live</s>: but <sn="589">I</s> have <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="7121">called</s> to come <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2088">these</s><sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="5046">told</s> to <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="635">Esther</s> 's <sn="1697">words</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="559">commanded</s> to <sn="7725 413">answer</s><sn="635">Esther</s>, <sn="1819">Think</s><sn="408">not</s> with <sn="5315">thyself</s> that thou shalt <sn="4422">escape</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, more than <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">if</s> thou altogether holdest thy <sn="2790 2790">peace</s> at <sn="2063">this</s><sn="6256">time</s>, then shall there <sn="7305">enlargement</s> and <sn="2020">deliverance</s><sn="5975">arise</s> to the <sn="3064">Jews</s> from another <sn="4480 4725 312">place</s>; but <sn="859">thou</s> and thy <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> shall be <sn="6">destroyed</s>: and <sn="4310">who</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="518">whether</s> thou art <sn="5060">come</s> to the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> for such a <sn="6256">time</s> as <sn="2063">this</s>? </v>
<vn='15'>Then <sn="635">Esther</s><sn="559">bade</s> them <sn="7725 413">return</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> this answer, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1980">Go</s>, gather <sn="3664">together</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> that are <sn="4672">present</s> in <sn="7800">Shushan</s>, and <sn="6684">fast</s> ye <sn="5921">for</s> me, and <sn="408">neither</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="408">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="3915">night</s> or <sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="589">I</s><sn="1571">also</s> and my <sn="5291">maidens</s> will <sn="6684">fast</s><sn="3651">likewise</s>; and <sn="3651">so</s> will I go <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> according to the <sn="1881">law</s>: and <sn="834">if</s> I <sn="6">perish</s>, I <sn="6">perish</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>So <sn="4782">Mordecai</s> went his <sn="5674">way</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="635">Esther</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="5921">him</s>. </v>