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Verse Esther 4:2. _BEFORE THE KING'S GATE_] He could not enter into
the gate, of the place where the officers waited, because he was in
the habit of a mourner; for this would have been contrary to law...
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NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING’S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH - This
law is not elsewhere mentioned; but its principle - that nothing of
evil omen is to be obtruded on the monarch - has been recognized...
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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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EVEN. as far as....
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Esther 4:1-3. Dismay of Mordecai and the Jews
Mordecai not only shares with the other dwellers in Susa the knowledge
of the impending calamity, but also has obtained (Esther 4:7)
information as to th...
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_and he came even before the king's gate_ either as being his usual
place of resort, or with the hope that in this time of distress he
might have some chance of communication with Esther, even though...
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IV. Pluck of Esther, Chapter 4
A. Cry
TEXT: Esther 4:1-3
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Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes,
and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the
c...
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_AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE: FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE
KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH._
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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EVEN BEFORE] better, 'as far as before.' The LXX adds, 'and stopped.'...
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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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NONE MIGHT ENTER... — That nothing sad or ill-omened might meet the
monarch’s gaze, as though by shutting his eyes, as it were, to the
presence of sorrow, or sickness, or death, he might suppose that...
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וַ יָּבֹ֕וא עַ֖ד לִ פְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר ־הַ
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QUEEN ESTHER
Esther 4:1; Esther 7:1; Esther 9:12
THE young Jewess who wins the admiration of the Persian king above all
the chosen maidens of his realm, and who then delivers her people in
the crisis...
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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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And came even before the king's (a) gate: for none [might] enter into
the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
(a) Because he would inform Esther of this cruel proclamation....
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_Sackcloth. Greek adds, "and ashes." Such an appearance was deemed
disrespectful. God forbids his priests to act thus, Leviticus xxi.. 1.
See Genesis xli. 14. Yet the miserable ought not to be entirel...
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(1) В¶ 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 c...
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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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AND CAME EVEN BEFORE THE KING'S GATE,.... Or court, that Esther might
if possible be made acquainted with this dreadful calamity coming upon
her people:
FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOT...
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And came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the
king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
Ver. 2. And came even before the king's gate] Which should have been
always open to poor peti...
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_And came even before the king's gate_ That his cry might come to the
ears of Esther: _for none might enter into the king's gate clothed
with sackcloth_ He durst not take his place in the gate, nor si...
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and came even before the king's gate, to the open place before the
royal palace; FOR NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE CLOTHED WITH
SACKCLOTH, while bearing the dress and the disfigurements of mou...
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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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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...
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NONE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE KING'S GATE; and therefore he might not sit
there, as he had hitherto done. CLOTHED WITH SACKCLOTH, lest it should
give the king any occasion of grief or trouble....
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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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_Clothed with sackcloth._
THE TRANSFIGURED SACKCLOTH
The sign of affliction was thus excluded from the Persian court that
royalty might not be discomposed. This disposition to place an
interdict on d...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 4:1 SACKCLOTH AND ASHES... FASTING AND
WEEPING. Traditional ways of expressing grief in the ancient Near
East, including Israel. Such behavior was banned in THE KING’S GATE
(see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 4:1. PERCEIVED ALL THAT WAS DONE] Evident that Mordecai knew
not only the terms of the public proclamation, but the particulars of
the private arrangement between Haman and the...
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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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Acts 10:4; Acts 7:10; Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4; Genesis 32:28;...
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Sackcloth — Lest it should give the king any occasion of grief and
trouble. But what availed, to keep out the badges of sorrow unless
they could have kept out the causes of sorrow too? To forbid sackc...