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Chapter 4
When
Mordecai
perceiued
all
that
was
done,
Mordecai
rent
his
clothes,
and
put
on
sackcloth
with
ashes,
and
went
out
into
the
midst
of
the
citie,
and
cried
with
a
loud
and
a
bitter
crie:
2
And
came
euen
before
the
kings
gate:
for
none
might
enter
into
the
kings
gate
clothed
with
sackcloth.
3
And
in
euery
prouince,
whithersoeuer
the
kings
commaundement,
and
his
decree
came,
there
was
great
mourning
among
the
Iewes,
and
fasting,
and
weeping,
and
wailing,
and
many
lay
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
4
So
Esthers
maides
and
her
chamberlaines
came,
and
told
it
her:
then
was
the
Queene
exceedingly
grieued,
and
she
sent
raiment
to
clothe
Mordecai,
and
to
take
away
the
sackcloth
from
him:
but
he
receiued
it
not.
5
Then
called
Esther
for
Hatach,
one
of
the
kings
chamberlaines,
whom
he
had
appointed
to
attend
vpon
her,
and
gaue
him
a
commaundement
to
Mordecai,
to
know
what
it
was,
and
why
it
was.
6
So
Hatach
went
forth
to
Mordecai,
vnto
the
street
of
the
citie,
which
was
before
the
kings
gate:
7
And
Mordecai
tolde
him
of
all
that
had
happened
vnto
him,
and
of
the
summe
of
the
money
that
Haman
had
promised
to
pay
to
the
Kings
treasuries
for
the
Iewes,
to
destroy
them.
8
Also
he
gaue
him
the
copie
of
the
writing
of
the
decree,
that
was
giuen
at
Shushan
to
destroy
them,
to
shewe
it
vnto
Esther,
and
to
declare
it
vnto
her,
and
to
charge
her
that
she
should
goe
in
vnto
the
king,
to
make
supplication
vnto
him,
and
to
make
request
before
him,
for
her
people.
9
And
Hatach
came
and
told
Esther
the
words
of
Mordecai.
10
Againe
Esther
spake
vnto
Hatach,
and
gaue
him
commaundement
vnto
Mordecai;
11
All
the
Kings
seruants,
and
the
people
of
the
kings
prouinces
do
know,
that
whosoeuer,
whether
man
or
woman,
shall
come
vnto
the
King
into
the
inner
court,
who
is
not
called,
there
is
one
lawe
of
his
to
put
him
to
death,
except
such
to
whom
the
King
shall
hold
out
the
golden
scepter,
that
he
may
liue:
but
I
haue
not
beene
called
to
come
in
vnto
the
King,
these
thirtie
dayes.
12
And
they
tolde
to
Mordecai
Esthers
words.
13
Then
Mordecai
commanded
to
answere
Esther;
Thinke
not
with
thy
selfe
that
thou
shalt
escape
in
the
kings
house,
more
then
all
the
Iewes.
14
For
if
thou
altogether
holdest
thy
peace
at
this
time,
then
shall
there
enlargement
and
deliuerance
arise
to
the
Iewes
from
another
place,
but
thou
and
thy
fathers
house
shall
be
destroyed:
And
who
knoweth,
whether
thou
art
come
to
the
kingdome
for
such
a
time
as
this?
15
Then
Esther
bade
them
returne
Mordecai
this
answere:
16
Goe,
gather
together
all
the
Iewes
that
are
present
in
Shushan,
and
fast
yee
for
me,
and
neither
eate
nor
drinke
three
dayes,
night
or
day:
I
also
and
my
maidens
will
fast
likewise,
and
so
will
I
goe
in
vnto
the
king,
which
is
not
according
to
the
Law,
and
if
I
perish,
I
perish.
17
So
Mordecai
went
his
way,
and
did
according
to
all
that
Esther
had
commanded
him.
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