Ester 4:1

Filipino Cebuano Bible

1 Ug sa nahibaloan ni Mardocheo ang tanan nga nabuhat, gigisi ni Mardocheo ang iyang mga bisti, ug nagbutang ug sako nga saput uban ang mga abo, ug miadto sa kinataliwad-an sa ciudad, ug mitu-aw sa usa ka hataas ug mapait nga paghilak.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all that: Esther 3:8-13

rent: 2 Samuel 1:11, Job 1:20, Jonah 3:4-9, Acts 14:14

with ashes: Esther 4:3, Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 13:19, Job 2:8, Job 42:6, Isaiah 58:5, Ezekiel 27:30, Daniel 9:3, Jonah 3:6, Matthew 11:21

and cried: Mordecai gave every demonstration of the most poignant grief. Nor did he hide this from the city; and the Greek says that he uttered these words aloud: יסופבי וטםןע לחהום חהיךחךןע, "A people is going to be destroyed who have done no evil." Genesis 27:34, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 22:4, Ezekiel 21:6, Ezekiel 27:31, Micah 1:8, Zephaniah 1:14, Revelation 18:17-19

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:34 - General Genesis 41:14 - he shaved Exodus 33:4 - and no 1 Kings 20:31 - put sackcloth 2 Kings 19:1 - covered Esther 8:16 - Jews Job 2:12 - their voice Psalms 77:2 - my soul Isaiah 61:3 - beauty Revelation 11:3 - clothed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Mordecai perceived all that was done,.... By the king, at the instigation of Haman, against the Jews; which he came to the knowledge of, either by some of the conflicts or by common fame, or on the sight of the edicts which were published in Shushan; though the Jews think it was made known to him in a supernatural way, either by Elijah, as the former Targum x, or by the Holy Ghost, as the latter:

Mordecai rent his clothes: both behind and before, according to the same Targum; and this was a custom used in mourning, not only with the Jews, but with the Persians also, as Herodotus y relates:

and put on sackcloth with ashes; upon his head, as the former Targum; which was usual in mourning, even both; Job 2:12

and went out into the midst of the city; not Elam the province, as Aben Ezra, but the city Shushan:

and cried with a loud and bitter cry; that all the Jews in the city might be alarmed by it, and inquire the reason of it, and be affected with it; and a clamorous mournful noise was used among the Persians, as well as others, on sad occasions z.

x So Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 1. y Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. ----. Urania, sive, l. 8. c. 99. z Calliope, sive, l. 9. c. 24.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

On hearing the king's decree to exterminate the Jews, Mordecai

mourns, and clothes himself in sackcloth, 1, 2.

The Jews are filled with consternation, 3.

Esther, perceived Mordecai in distress at the palace gate, sends

her servant Hatach to inquire the reason, 4-6.

Hatach returns with the information, and also the express desire

of Mordecai that she should go instantly to the king, and make

supplication in behalf of her people, 7-9.

Esther excuses herself on the ground that she had not been

called by the king for thirty days past; and that the law was

such that any one approaching his presence, without express

invitation, should be put to death, unless the king should, in

peculiar clemency, stretch out to such persons the golden

sceptre, 10-12.

Mordecai returns an answer, insisting on her compliance, 13, 14.

She then orders Mordecai to gather all the Jews of Shushan, and

fast for her success three days, night and day, and resolves to

make the attempt, though at the risk of her life, 15-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV

Verse Esther 4:1. Mordecai rent his clothes — He gave every demonstration of the most poignant and oppressive grief. Nor did he hide this from the city; and the Greek says that he uttered these words aloud: Αιρεται εθνος μηδεν ηδικηκος, A people are going to be destroyed, who have done no evil!