エステル記 4:10, エステル記 4:5, エステル記 4:6, エステル記 4:9 JCB

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Esther 4:1-17

Not Afraid of Sackcloth Esther 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 3:12 In the book of Esther 4:2 , we read, 'None might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth'. St. Paul in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians 3:12 says, 'Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech'. In the first text we read of a refusal to face the facts of life, the hard and painful facts 'None might enter into the king's gate clothed in sackcloth'. In the second we read of an unflinching sincerity of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Esther 4:1-17

THE CONSTERNATION OF THE JEWS -- MORDECAI AND ESTHER CHAPTER 4 1. The great lamentations of the Jews (Esther 4:1-3 ) 2. Esther’s discovery (Esther 4:4-9 ) 3. Esther’s helplessness (Esther 4:10-12 ) 4. Mordecai’s answer (Esther 4:13-14 ) 5. Esther’s decision (Esther 4:15-17 ) Esther 4:1-3 . When Mordecai heard of what had been done and the plan to exterminate his people became known to him he rent his clothes. This and the putting on of sackcloth and ashes were the outward... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 4:1-17

ESTHER AGREES TO INTERCEDE (vv. 1-17) Mordecai of course very soon learned of this satanic plot of Haman against Israel and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes in token of humiliation and repentance.Whether he prayed to God we are not told, but he cried out bitterly in the midst of the city, coming to the outside of the king's gate, though forbidden to come into the gate clothed in sackcloth (vv. 1-2). At the same time, everywhere the decree of Haman had been sent, the Jews... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Esther 4:1-17

THE JEWS IMPERILLED The events of this book belong chronologically after Zerubbabel’s company have gone to Jerusalem, and before the commissions of Ezra and Nehemiah. The scene is laid in Persia. Cyrus and Darius 1 have passed away, and Ahasuerus, son of the last named, and identified by some with Xerxes, and by others with Darius Hystaspes, is on the throne. He is a sensual, fickle, cruel despot. It was his great fleet that was defeated by the much smaller one of Greece at Salamis, about... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Esther 4:1-17

Esther 4:0 1. When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes [a common sign of Oriental sorrow], and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry; 2. And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3. And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 4:4-12

(4) So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. (5) ¶ Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. (6) So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Esther 4:5-17

5-17 We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it, we must take up our cross, and follow him. When Christians are disposed to consult their own ease or safety, rather than the public good, they should be blamed. The law was express, all knew it. It is not thus in the court of the King of kings: to the footstool of his throne of grace we may always come boldly, and may be sure of an answer of peace to the prayer... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Esther 4:10-17

Esther Agrees to Mordeai's Plan v. 10. Again Esther spake unto Hatach and gave him commandment unto Mordecai, v. 11. All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, that part of the courtyard adjoining the king's apartments and the throne-room, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, the long... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Esther 4:1-17

SECOND SECTIONThe Conflict of OppositesEsther 4:5A.—MORDECAI, GREATLY SORROWING WITH HIS PEOPLE, URGES ESTHER TO PLEAD FOR MERCY WITH THE KINGEsther 4:1-17I. Communication between Mordecai and Esther. Esther 4:1-51When [And] Mordecai perceived [knew] all that was done, [and, i.e. then] Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with [and] ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried1 with a loud [great] and a bitter cry; 2And came even before the king’s gate: for none might... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Esther 4:10-13

Esther ESTHER’S VENTURE Est_4:10 - Est_4:17 ; Est_5:1 - Est_5:3 . Patriotism is more evident than religion in the Book of Esther. To turn to it after the fervours of prophets and the continual recognition of God in history which marks the other historical books, is like coming down from heaven to earth, as Ewald says. But that difference in tone probably accurately represents the difference between the saints and heroes of an earlier age and the Jews in Persia, in whom national feeling was... read more