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