Esther 4:1
Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.
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Genesis 37:34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Samuel 1:11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
Esther 3:8Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
Job 1:20Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don’t labor 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 →