Verse 31

to confirm{H6965} these days{H3117} of Purim{H6332} in their appointed times,{H2165} according as Mordecai{H4782} the Jew{H3064} and Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} had enjoined{H6965} them, and as they had ordained{H6965} for themselves{H5315} and for their seed,{H2233} in the matter{H1697} of the fastings{H6685} and their cry.{H2201}

Referenced Verses

• Esth 4:3 : 3 And in every province,{H4082} whithersoever{H4725} the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} came,{H5060} there was great{H1419} mourning{H60} among the Jews,{H3064} and fasting,{H6685} and weeping,{H1065} and wailing;{H4553} and many{H7227} lay{H3331} in sackcloth{H8242} and ashes.{H665}
• Esth 4:16 : 16 Go,{H3212} gather together{H3664} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672} in Shushan,{H7800} and fast{H6684} ye for me, and neither eat{H398} nor drink{H8354} three{H7969} days,{H3117} night{H3915} or day:{H3117} I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684} in like manner; and so{H3651} will I go{H935} in unto the king,{H4428} which is not according to the law:{H1881} and if I perish,{H6} I perish.{H6}
• Jonah 3:2-9 : 2 Arise,{H6965} go{H3212} unto Nineveh,{H5210} that great{H1419} city,{H5892} and preach{H7121} unto it the preaching{H7150} that I bid{H1696} thee. 3 So Jonah{H3124} arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} unto Nineveh,{H5210} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} Now Nineveh{H5210} was an exceeding{H430} great{H1419} city,{H5892} of three{H7969} days'{H3117} journey.{H4109} 4 And Jonah{H3124} began{H2490} to enter{H935} into the city{H5892} a{H259} day's{H3117} journey,{H4109} and he cried,{H7121} and said,{H559} Yet forty{H705} days,{H3117} and Nineveh{H5210} shall be overthrown.{H2015} 5 And the people{H582} of Nineveh{H5210} believed{H539} God;{H430} and they proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and put{H3847} on sackcloth,{H8242} from the greatest{H1419} of them even to the least{H6996} of them. 6 And the tidings{H1697} reached{H5060} the king{H4428} of Nineveh,{H5210} and he arose{H6965} from his throne,{H3678} and laid{H5674} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680} him with sackcloth,{H8242} and sat{H3427} in ashes.{H665} 7 And he made proclamation{H2199} and published{H559} through Nineveh{H5210} by the decree{H2940} of the king{H4428} and his nobles,{H1419} saying,{H559} Let neither man{H120} nor beast,{H929} herd{H1241} nor flock,{H6629} taste{H2938} anything;{H3972} let them not feed,{H7462} nor drink{H8354} water;{H4325} 8 but let them be covered{H3680} with sackcloth,{H8242} both man{H120} and beast,{H929} and let them cry{H7121} mightily{H2394} unto God:{H430} yea, let them turn{H7725} every one{H376} from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} and from the violence{H2555} that is in his hands.{H3709} 9 Who knoweth{H3045} whether God{H430} will not turn{H7725} and repent,{H5162} and turn away{H7725} from his fierce{H2740} anger,{H639} that we perish{H6} not?