12And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. 13Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for wthree days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, xand if I perish, I perish.”3 17Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
Footnotes
- 3 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed
“For Such a Time as This” — Part Two
Esther 4:12–17 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 20:58 • ID: 3018
“For Such a Time as This” — Part One
Esther 4:4–17 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 27:16 • ID: 3017
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
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The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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