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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Esther 4:4-19

III. ESTHER’S INTERVENTION 4:4-9:19Haman’s plan to exterminate the Jews created a crisis, and now Esther’s intervention with Ahasuerus provided the solution. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 4:1-17

Mordecai’s Appeal to Esther to Save her Countrymen1. When Mordecai perceived] His position at the door of the palace (Esther 2:21) would enable him to obtain early intelligence. 2. Even before] better, ’as far as before.’ The LXX adds, ’and stopped.’6. The street] RV ’the broad place’: and so in Esther 6:9, Esther 6:11. 11. One law of his] RV ’one law for him’: i.e. who approached the king without leave given.14. Then shall there enlargement, etc.] RV ’Then shall relief,’ etc. Mordecai’s... read more

William Nicoll

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 4:15-17

(15) Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, (16) Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. (17) So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. How the LORD wrought upon the mind of Esther is evident from what is here... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 4:17

REFLECTIONS READER! here is a large fund of rich things in this chapter, to call up thy most awakened contemplation. Mordecai, in the prospect of the destruction of his countrymen the Jews, covered himself with sackcloth, ran into the midst of the city, and uttered a loud and bitter cry, in token of the threatened miseries of the people. But if you and I had but a deep sense of the threatened punishment of everlasting miseries, which are hanging over the heads of all that hold the truth in... 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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Esther 4:4-19

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 4:1-17

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

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

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

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

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

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 4:15-17

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 4:17

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

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