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Ester 4:3

Y en cada provincia donde el mandamiento del rey y su ley llegaba, tenían los judíos grande luto, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación; cilicio y ceniza era la cama de muchos.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ashes;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Wailing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fasting;   Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashes;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fast, Fasting;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ashes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Purim;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fasting (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ashes;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fast;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ashes;   Esther, Apocryphal Book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 8;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Y en cada una de las provincias y en todo lugar donde llegaba la orden del rey y su decreto, había entre los judíos gran duelo y ayuno, llanto y lamento; y muchos se acostaban sobre cilicio y ceniza.
La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y en cada provincia y lugar donde el mandamiento del rey y su decreto llegaba, tenían los Judíos grande luto, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación: saco y ceniza era la cama de muchos.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y en cada provincia y lugar donde el mandamiento del rey y su decreto llegaba, tenían los judíos gran duelo, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación; cilicio y ceniza era la cama de muchos.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in every province: Esther 1:1, Esther 3:12

great mourning: It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. 1 Samuel 4:13, 1 Samuel 4:14, 1 Samuel 11:4, Isaiah 22:4, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 37:1-3

weeping: Matthew 13:42, Matthew 22:13, Matthew 25:30

many lay in sackcloth and ashes: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many, Isaiah 58:5, Daniel 9:3

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:1 - children Esther 4:1 - with ashes Esther 4:6 - the king's Esther 9:31 - the fastings

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came,.... For destroying the Jews on such a day, in every place where they were to be found:

there was great mourning among the Jews, and weeping, and wailing; which continued all day:

and many lay in sackcloth and ashes: all night; made use of no other bed to lie on, nor clothes to cover them with.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 4:3. Fasting, and weeping, and wailing — How astonishing, that in all this there is not the slightest intimation given of praying to God!


 
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