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; QUAND MARDOCHÉE A PERÇU TOUT CE QUI ÉTAIT FAIT. S'appuyant sur le caractère irrévocable du décret d'un monarque p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 received it not. ALORS LA REINE FUT EXTRÊMEMENT PEINÉE; ET ELLE A ENVOYÉ DES VÊTEMENTS POUR HABILLER MARDO... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. IL A ENSUITE APPELÉ ESTHER POUR HATACH, L'UN DES CHAMBELLANS DU ROI, QU'IL AVAIT NOMMÉ POUR S'OCCUPER D'ELLE . La c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. CHARGEZ-LA D'... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND HATACH CAME AND TOLD ESTHER THE WORDS OF MORDECAI._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND THEY TOLD TO MORDECAI ESTHER'S WORDS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. PUIS MARDOCHÉE ORDONNA DE RÉPONDRE À ESTHER. Sa réponse fut à cet effet, qu'Esther n'avait pas besoin de se livrer au vain espoir qu'elle ferait, de sa relation ro... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_FOR IF THOU ALTOGETHER HOLDEST THY PEACE AT THIS TIME, THEN SHALL THERE ENLARGEMENT AND DELIVERANCE ARISE TO THE JEWS FROM ANOTHER PLACE; BUT THOU AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE SHALL BE DESTROYED: AND WHO KNOWETH WHETHER THOU ART COME TO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?_ No JFB commentary on these ve... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. MOI AUSSI ET MES JEUNES... [ Continuer la lecture ]