Ester 4:16

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Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Pergilah engkau, himpunkanlah segala orang Yahudi yang terdapat di dalam Susan, dan berpuasalah kamu karena aku tiga hari lamanya, jangan kamu makan atau minum, baik siang baik malam; maka serta aku segala dayang-dayangkupun akan berpuasa demikian juga, lalu aku akan masuk menghadap baginda, jikalau ia itu melawan adat sekalipun; maka jikalau patut aku binasa, biarlah aku binasa.

Contextual Overview

⁵ Then called Esther Hathach one of the kinges chamberlaines which stoode before her, and gaue him a commaundement vnto Mardocheus, to know what it was wherefore he did so. ⁶ So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus, vnto the streete of the citie which was before the kinges gate: ⁷ And Mardocheus tolde him of al that had come vnto him, & of ye summe of siluer that Haman had promised to waye downe into the kinges treasurie, because of the Iewes if he would destroy them. ⁸ And he gaue him the copie of the kinges commaundement that was deuised at Susan to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Esther, and to speake to her, and charge her that she should go in vnto the king, & make her prayer and supplication vnto him for her people. ⁹ And when Hathach came in, he tolde Esther the wordes of Mardocheus. ¹⁰ And againe Esther spake vnto Hathach and commauded him to say vnto Mardocheus: ¹¹ All the kinges seruauntes, & the people in the prouinces of the king knowe, that whosoeuer commeth within the courte vnto the king, whether it be man or woman, which is not called, the comaundement is, that the same shall dye, except the king holde out the golden septer vnto him, for then he shall lyue: As for me, I haue not ben called to come in vnto the king now this thirtie dayes. ¹² And they certified Mardocheus of Esthers wordes. ¹³ And Mardocheus bad say againe vnto Esther: Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the kinges house more then all the Iewes. ¹⁴ For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, then shall the Iewes haue helpe and deliueraunce out of an other place, and thou and thy fathers house shalbe destroyed: And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for this causes sake?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

present: Heb. found

fast: 2 Chronicles 20:3, Isaiah 22:12, Joel 1:14, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:12-17, Jonah 3:4-9

eat nor drink: Esther 5:1, Matthew 12:40, Acts 9:9, Acts 27:33

I also: Genesis 18:19, Joshua 24:15, Acts 10:7

if I perish: If I lose my life in the attempt to save my people, I shall lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt; and, come what will, I am resolved to do it. Genesis 43:14, 1 Samuel 19:5, 2 Samuel 10:12, Luke 9:24, Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13, Romans 16:4, Philippians 2:30

Reciprocal: Genesis 43:11 - If it must be Judges 5:18 - their lives Judges 9:17 - adventured his life 1 Samuel 30:12 - three days 2 Samuel 1:2 - the third 2 Samuel 12:16 - fasted 1 Kings 20:31 - peradventure 2 Kings 7:4 - if they save us 1 Chronicles 21:13 - I am in 2 Chronicles 31:1 - present Ezra 8:23 - we fasted Nehemiah 9:1 - children Esther 1:2 - Shushan Esther 3:15 - the city Esther 8:16 - Jews Esther 9:31 - the fastings Proverbs 29:26 - ruler's favour Isaiah 58:5 - it such Jeremiah 36:9 - they Daniel 9:3 - with Jonah 1:6 - if Zephaniah 2:1 - gather together Matthew 6:16 - when Matthew 16:25 - General Luke 4:2 - he did 1 Peter 4:19 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voyce of the Lord God, walkyng in the garden in ye coole of the day: and Adam and his wyfe hyd themselues from the presence of the lord God amongst ye trees of the garden.

Genesis 4:14
Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me.

Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunder and lightning, and the noyse of the trumpet, and the mountayne smoking: And when the people sawe it, they remoued, and stoode a farre of:

2 Kings 13:23
And the Lorde had mercie on them, and pitied them, and had respect vnto them, because of his appoyntment made with Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from him as yet.

2 Kings 24:20
For the wrath of the Lorde was moued against Hierusalem & Iuda, vntill he cast them out of his sight: And Zedekia rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Job 1:12
And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Lo, all that he hath be in thy power, only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand. And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde.

Job 2:7
So went Satan foorth from the presence of the Lorde, and smote Iob with sore byles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

Job 20:17
So that he shall no more see the ryuers and brookes of hony and butter.

Psalms 5:11
And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce, they wyll triumph for euer, because thou defendest them: and they that loue thy name, wyll be ioyfull in thee.

Psalms 68:2
Lyke as the smoke vanisheth, [so] wylt thou cause [them] to vanishe away: and lyke as water melteth at the fire, [so] wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan,.... To acquaint them with what follows; but not to continue in a body together, which might cause suspicion of an ill design in them; according to the latter Targum, 12,000 chosen priests were found in it; but that must be an exaggeration of their number; it can hardly be thought there were so many Jews in all there:

and fast ye for me; that is, pray for her, that she might have courage to go in to the king, and meet with success; for prayer was the principal thing, fasting only an accessory to it, and as fitting for it, and expressive of affliction and humiliation of soul:

and neither eat nor drink three days, night nor day; it was to be a continued fast unto the third day; as Aben Ezra interprets it, they were not to eat at evening, but fast two whole days, and two whole nights, until the third day came, on which Esther went in to the king, Esther 5:1.

I also and my maidens will fast likewise; in the same manner and as long; these maids of honour were either proselytes, perhaps of her making, or Jewish ladies, she being allowed by the king to choose whom she pleased:

and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; or "afterwards", or "and then" d when they, and she and her maids, had fasted and prayed so long, then she was determined in the strength of the Lord to go into the king's presence with her petition, though it was contrary to law:

and if I perish, I perish; signifying, that she readily and cheerfully risked her life for the good of her people; and if such was the pleasure of God, that she should lose it, she was content, and acquiesced in his will, leaving herself entirely in his hands, to dispose of her as he thought fit.

d ובכן "et postea", Noldius, p. 198. No. 899. so the Targum, και

τοτε, Sept. "et tune", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "tum", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Again the religious element shows itself. Esther’s fast could have no object but to obtain God’s favor and protection in the dangerous course on which she was about to enter.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 4:16. Fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days — What a strange thing, that still we hear nothing of prayer, nor of God! What is the ground on which we can account for this total silence? I know it not. She could not suppose there was any charm in fasting, sackcloth garments, and lying on the ground. If these were not done to turn away the displeasure of God, which seemed now to have unchained their enemies against them, what were they done for?

If I perish, I perish. — If I lose my life in this attempt to save my people, I shall lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt; and, come what will, I am resolved to do it. She must, however, have depended much on the efficacy of the humiliations she prescribed.