
Esther 4:3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. (NASB ©1995)Esther 4:16 "Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish." (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.in every province. 1:1 3:12 great mourning. It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. 1Sa 4:13,14 11:4 Isa 22:4,12 37:1-3 weeping. Mt 13:42 22:13 25:30 many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many. Isa 58:5 Da 9:3 Concordance Entries Ashes Command Commandment Covered Crying Decree Dust Edict Fasting Haircloth Jews Kingdom King's Lamenting Law Lay Mourning Numbers Order Province Sackcloth Sorrow Spread Stretched Wailing Weeping Wherever Whithersoever Jump to Previous Occurrence Ashes Command Commandment Covered Crying Decree Dust Earth Edict Fasting Food Great Haircloth Jews Kingdom King's Law Lay Mourning Numbers Order Part Province Sackcloth Sorrow Spread Stretched Wailing Weeping Wherever Whithersoever Word Jump to Next Occurrence Ashes Command Commandment Covered Crying Decree Dust Earth Edict Fasting Food Great Haircloth Jews Kingdom King's Law Lay Mourning Numbers Order Part Province Sackcloth Sorrow Spread Stretched Wailing Weeping Wherever Whithersoever Word New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. |