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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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B. Crisis
TEXT: Esther 4:4-9
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And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and
the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe
Mordecai, and to take his sackcl...
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_SO HATACH WENT FORTH TO MORDECAI UNTO THE STREET OF THE CITY, WHICH
WAS BEFORE THE KING'S GATE._
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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THE STREET] RV 'the broad place': and so in Esther 6:9; Esther 6:11....
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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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STREET. — The square or wide open place. Heb., _r’hob._)...
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וַ יֵּצֵ֥א הֲתָ֖ךְ אֶֽל ־מָרְדֳּכָ֑י
אֶל ־רְח
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MORDECAI
Esther 2:5; Esther 4:1; Esther 6:10; Esther 9:1
THE hectic enthusiast who inspires Daniel Deronda with his passionate
ideas is evidently a...
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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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SO HATACH WENT FORTH TO MORDECAI, UNTO THE STREET OF THE CITY,....
Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow:
WHICH WAS BEFORE THE KING'S GATE: that led to the royal palace....
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So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which
[was] before the king's gate.
Ver. 6. _So Hatach went forth to Mordecai_] He was obedient to his
queen mistress, pleasing her in al...
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So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city which was
before the king's gate....
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THE MOURNING OF THE JEWS...
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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 4:6 Hathach H2047 out H3318 (H8799) Mordecai H4782 city H5892
square H7339 front H6440 kings H4428 gate...
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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 4:6. THE STREET OF THE CITY] The broad open place before the
palace.—_Whedon’s Commentary_.
ESTHER 4:7. THE SUM OF THE MONEY] Rather a statement of the silver.
The word here r...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 4:4.] The matter was made known to Esther by her maids and
eunuchs; and she fell into convulsive grief. The verb here used is a
passive intensive—to be affected with grief as o...
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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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Esther 4:3; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12...