以斯帖記 4:4-6 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 4:4-12

Sympathy. Mordecai's strange appearance at the king's gate made a stir in the palace. It was seen by Esther's "maids and chamberlains," and by them it was described to the queen. When Esther heard of the condition of the man whom she loved as a parent she was "exceedingly grieved." Then she took such measures as she could to show how much she felt and suffered with Mordecai. Let us learn from her conduct— I. THAT IN TIMES OF TRIAL THE SYMPATHY OF THOSE WHOM WE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 4:4-17

GRIEF OF ESTHER . HER COMMUNICATIONS WITH MORDECAI . SHE CONSENTS TO RISK MAKING AN APPEAL TO THE KING ( Esther 4:4-17 ). Esther, in the seclusion of the harem, knew nothing of what the king and Haman had determined on. No one in the palace suspected how vitally she was concerned in the matter, since none knew that she was a Jewess, and state affairs are not commonly discussed between an Oriental monarch and a young wife. It was known, however, that she took... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 4:5

To know what it was, and why it was . i.e. "to know what the mourning garb exactly meant, and for what reason he had assumed it." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 4:5

The cry of the wretched. "Then called Esther for Hatach,… and gave him a command to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was." Esther hears of Mordecai's grief from her maids and chamberlains. She sends raiment first. She then sends Hatach to ask Mordecai "what his grief is, and why it is." She is much troubled when she learns the real state of danger in which he and herself are placed. She does not seem to have thought so much about her people as about her uncle, who had been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 4:6

The street of the city . Rather, "the square. " read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Esther 4:4

Esther’s maids ... told it her - Esther’s nationality and her relationship to Mordecai were probably by this time known to her attendants, though still concealed from the king. See Esther 7:4. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Esther 4:4

Esther 4:4 . So Esther’s maids came and told it her Namely, that Mordecai appeared before the king’s gate in sackcloth. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved Imagining some mischief had befallen him, and not yet knowing what it was; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai That so he might be capable of returning to his former place, if not of coming to acquaint her with the cause of his sorrow. But he received it not Which, no doubt, very much increased her grief and surprise. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Esther 4:1-17

Esther agrees to help the Jews (4:1-17)Mordecai realized that the Jews’ only hope now lay with Esther, who, shut up in the women’s quarters of the palace, had not heard of the decree till Mordecai told her. He added that her duty now was to ask the king to cancel the decree (4:1-9).Esther pointed out that this was not as easy as Mordecai thought, for even the queen risked her life in making a request of the king (10-11). But Mordecai believed that God would not allow the Jewish people to be... read more

E.W. Bullinger