Now when Mordecai{H4782} knew{H3045} all that was done,{H6213} Mordecai{H4782} rent{H7167} his clothes,{H899} and put on{H3847} sackcloth{H8242} with ashes,{H665} and went out{H3318} into the midst{H8432} of the city,{H5892} and cried{H2199} with a loud{H1419} and a bitter{H4751} cry;{H2201}

and he came{H935} even before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate:{H8179} for none might enter{H935} within the king's{H4428} gate{H8179} clothed{H3830} with sackcloth.{H8242}

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}

And Esther's{H635} maidens{H5291} and her chamberlains{H5631} came{H935} and told{H5046} it her; and the queen{H4436} was exceedingly{H3966} grieved:{H2342} and she sent{H7971} raiment{H899} to clothe{H3847} Mordecai,{H4782} and to take his sackcloth{H8242} from off{H5493} him; but he received{H6901} it not.

Then called{H7121} Esther{H635} for Hathach,{H2047} one of the king's{H4428} chamberlains,{H5631} whom he had appointed{H5975} to attend{H6440} upon her, and charged{H6680} him to go to Mordecai,{H4782} to know{H3045} what this was, and why it was.

So Hathach{H2047} went forth{H3318} to Mordecai{H4782} unto the broad{H7339} place of the city,{H5892} which was before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate.{H8179}

And Mordecai{H4782} told{H5046} him of all that had happened{H7136} unto him, and the exact sum{H6575} of the money{H3701} that Haman{H2001} had promised{H559} to pay{H8254} to the king's{H4428} treasuries{H1595} for the Jews,{H3064} to destroy{H6} them.

Also he gave{H5414} him the copy{H6572} of the writing{H3791} of the decree{H1881} that was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} to destroy{H8045} them, to show{H7200} it unto Esther,{H635} and to declare{H5046} it unto her, and to charge{H6680} her that she should go in{H935} unto the king,{H4428} to make supplication{H2603} unto him, and to make request{H1245} before{H6440} him, for her people.{H5971}

And Hathach{H2047} came{H935} and told{H5046} Esther{H635} the words{H1697} of Mordecai.{H4782}

Then Esther{H635} spake{H559} unto Hathach,{H2047} and gave him a message{H6680} unto Mordecai{H4782} [saying]:

All the king's{H4428} servants,{H5650} and the people{H5971} of the king's{H4428} provinces,{H4082} do know,{H3045} that whosoever, whether man{H376} or woman,{H802} shall come{H935} unto the king{H4428} into the inner{H6442} court,{H2691} who is not called,{H7121} there is one{H259} law{H1881} for him, that he be put to death,{H4191} except{H905} those to whom the king{H4428} shall hold out{H3447} the golden{H2091} sceptre,{H8275} that he may live:{H2421} but I have not been called{H7121} to come in{H935} unto the king{H4428} these thirty{H7970} days.{H3117}

And they told{H5046} to Mordecai{H4782} Esther's{H635} words.{H1697}

Then Mordecai{H4782} bade{H559} them return answer{H7725} unto Esther,{H635} Think{H1819} not with thyself{H5315} that thou shalt escape{H4422} in the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} more than all the Jews.{H3064}

For if thou altogether{H2790} holdest thy peace{H2790} at this time,{H6256} then will relief{H7305} and deliverance{H2020} arise{H5975} to the Jews{H3064} from another{H312} place,{H4725} but thou and thy father's{H1} house{H1004} will perish:{H6} and who knoweth{H3045} whether thou art not come{H5060} to the kingdom{H4438} for such a time{H6256} as this?

Then Esther{H635} bade{H559} them return{H7725} answer unto Mordecai,{H4782}

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}

So Mordecai{H4782} went his way,{H5674} and did{H6213} according to all that Esther{H635} had commanded{H6680} him.