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THE CONSTERNATION OF THE JEWS -- MORDECAI AND ESTHER
CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The great lamentations of the Jews (Esther 4:1)_
2. Esther's discovery (Esther 4:4)
3. Esther's helplessness (Esther 4:10)
4. M...
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ESTHER 4. THE DISMAY OF THE JEWS. MORDECAI OVERCOMES ESTHER'S
RELUCTANCE TO INTERCEDE WITH THE KING. And now the gloom spreads. At
this point, the LXX has a pathetic message from Mordecai to his niece...
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ESTHER'S PETITION.-- Esther 4:10-17; Esther 5:1-3.
GOLDEN TEXT. --_ So will. go in unto the king, which is not according
to the law: and if. perish,. perish._ -- Esther 4:16. TIME. --About B.
C. 477....
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Esther's grief and the communications between her and Mordecai
4. _came and told it her_ Although unaware, according to the story, of
the queen's relationship to Mordecai, her attendants knew (see Es...
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_gave him a message_ A.V. _gave him commandment_; but, although the
word in the original often bears this sense, yet here the point of the
expression is not the order to convey her communication but t...
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C. Contingency
TEXT: Esther 4:10-12
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Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai,
saying:
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All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, th...
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_AND HATACH CAME AND TOLD ESTHER THE WORDS OF MORDECAI._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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MORDECAI'S APPEAL TO ESTHER TO SAVE HER COUNTRYMEN
1. When Mordecai perceived] His position at the door of the palace
(href='190 2:21'>Est 2:21) would enable him to obtain early
intelligence....
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 4
V1 Mordecai discovered what had happened. He tore his clothes. He put
on *sackcloth and ashes and he went into the city. He cried aloud
be...
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AGAIN. — There is nothing for this in the original, and it would be
better to put _and,_ as the statement of Esther 4:10 is clearly
continuous with Esther 4:9....
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וַ תֹּ֤אמֶר אֶסְתֵּר֙ לַ הֲתָ֔ךְ וַ
תְּצַוֵּ֖
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OPPORTUNITY FOR PATRIOTIC DEVOTION
Esther 4:1
It seemed as if the whole nation would suddenly be cut off to satisfy
the hatred of Haman, and Mordecai knew that he had been the cause of
the plot. Esth...
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The news of the intended slaughter reached Esther in the royal palace,
and she sent to make inquiries. Thus between the extreme need of her
people and the king she became a direct link. The custom and...
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(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 receiv...
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For Such a Time as This
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw "little Hitler" Haman issue a decree to have all
the Jews in the Persian empire destroyed because Mordecai wouldn't bow
to him like all th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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AGAIN ESTHER SPAKE UNTO HATACH,.... For there was no other way of
corresponding and conversing but by an eunuch; the wives of kings
being altogether under their watch and care:
AND GAVE HIM COMMANDME...
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Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto
Mordecai;
Ver. 10. _Again Esther spake unto Hatack_] Having before found him a
fit and faithful messenger, she further employeth him; so...
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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 humiliatio...
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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
d...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Esther 4:10 Esther H635 spoke H559 (H8799) Hathach H2047 command H6680
(H8762) Mordecai H4782...
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CONTENTS: Fasting among the Jews. Esther's resolution to defeat the
decree.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai, Haman, Hatach.
CONCLUSION: We should consider for what end God has put us in the...
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Esther 4:8. _He gave him the copy of the writing;_ for the decree, or
dogma, was exposed to the public.
Esther 4:11. _One law of his to put him to death._ This was an ancient
law of the Persian kings....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 4:11. THE INNER COURT] The court that faced the principal
audience hall—the throne chamber—where alone it would be
practicable for Esther to see the king on such business. In t...
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EXPOSITION
MOURNING OF MORDECAI, AND OF THE JEWS GENERALLY, ON HEARING OF THE
DECREE (Esther 4:1...
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When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he tore his clothes, he put
on sackcloth with ashes, and he went out into the midst of the city,
and he cried with a loud and bitter cry; And he even came be...
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2 Samuel 13:22; 2 Samuel 13:23; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Esther 4:10;...