Esther 4:1
Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Samuel 1:11Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.
Esther 3:8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: 'There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it profiteth not the king to suffer them.
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.
Isaiah 22:4Therefore said I: 'Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; strain not to comfort me, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.'
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 →