Esther 4:1

When Mordecai ascertained all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth [strewed] with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

When Mordecai perceived 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;

In Context

2And thus he came up to the front of the king's gate; for none dared to enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

2 Samuel 1:11David thereupon took hold of his clothes, and rent them; and [so did] likewise all the men that were with him:

Esther 3:8Then said Haman unto king Achashverosh, There is one people scattered yet separate among the nations in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are different from those of every people; while they do not execute the laws of the king; and it is no profit for the king to tolerate them.

Job 1:20Then arose Job, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and prostrated himself.

Job 42:6Therefore I reject [what I have said], and repent; because I am dust and ashes.

Isaiah 22:4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly; be not urgent to comfort me, because of the wasting 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 →

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