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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 4:1

CONTENTS This chapter begins with the relation of the effect Haman's plan had upon the minds of the Jews. The great distress in which the whole were involved. An account is given to Esther. She conferreth messages with Mordecai upon it. A fast is appointed by Esther, before she ventures into the king's presence. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Esther 4:1-3

(1) ¶ When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a 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 wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Esther 4:1

Shewing. Septuagint, old Vulgate, and Josephus, "a nation which has done no wrong, is to be cut off." The eastern nations were accustomed to such marks of sorrow, Jonas ii. 6. The citizens of Susa tore their garments, and cried aloud, for many days after the defeat of Xerxes. (Herodotus viii. 98.) --- The domestics of Darius and Alexander tore also their hair, &c., after their masters' death. (Curtius iii., and xi.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Esther 4:1-4

1-4 Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion sufferings to others. God will keep those that are exposed to evil by the tenderness of their consciences. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Esther 4:1-9

The Mourning of the Jews v. 1. When Mordecai perceived, found out about, all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, in token of his deep grief, and put on sackcloth, a garment of haircloth next to his skin, with ashes, which he strewed over his head and clothing, and went out into the midst of the city, openly in the streets, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry, concealing his deep distress from no one, but rather proclaiming it publicly; v. 2. and came even before the king's gate,... 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