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Esther 4:13

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

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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?

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Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

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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.

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So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

Esther 4:14

4:14 from another place. Mordecai was confident that God would preserve the Jewish people, for He had made an unconditional promise to Abraham, and also to David (Genesis 22:15-18; II Samuel 7:4,16).

Esther 4:14

4:14 such a time as this. This familiar verse expressed clearly the strong confidence held by Mordecai not only in the divine calling and everlasting covenant of God with the Jews but also in His providential control of the circumstances surrounding them. In order to provide deliverance to God’s people in their hour of greatest need, an obscure Jewish orphan girl had been made queen of the greatest pagan empire in the world. By the same token, each one who receives God’s salvation is also called and equipped by God for some particular service, if he or she will only do it.

Esther 4:16

4:16 will fast likewise. Even though prayer is not mentioned (probably a deliberate omission—see Introduction), there is no doubt that the three days of fasting were really days of fasting and fervent prayer.

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