Esther 4:1
When Mordecai found out all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and walked through the city, crying and wailing in grief.
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Genesis 37:34Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.
2 Samuel 1:11David grabbed hold of his clothes and ripped them, as did his men.
Esther 3:8Haman went to King Xerxes and said, “There's a particular people living among others in many different places throughout the provinces of your empire who cut themselves off from everybody else. They have their own laws which are different from those of any other people, and what's more, they don't obey the king's laws. So it's not a good idea for Your Majesty to ignore them.
Job 1:20Then Job stood up and tore his robe. Then cut off his hair and fell to the ground in worship.
Job 42:6That is why I'm sorry for what I said, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Isaiah 22:4That's why I said, “Go away! Let me mourn in peace. Don't insist on comforting me as the daughter of my people is ruined.”
Matthew Henry on Esther 4:1
We left God's Isaac bound upon the altar and ready to be sacrificed, and the enemies triumphing in the prospect of it; but things here begin to work towards a deliverance, and they begin at the right end. I. The Jews' friends lay to heart the danger and lament it, ver. 1-4 . II. Matters are concerted between Mordecai and Esther for the preventing of it. 1. Esther enquires into this case, and receives a particular account of it, ver. 5-7 . 2. Mordecai urges her to intercede with the king for a revocation of the… Read the whole commentary →