Esther 4:3
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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came,.... For destroying the Jews on such a day, in every place where they were to be found:
there was great mourning among…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Fasting, and weeping, and wailing - How astonishing, that in all this there is not the slightest intimation given of praying to God!
Here we have an account of the general sorrow that there was among the Jews upon the publishing of Haman's bloody edict against them. It was a sad time with the church. 1. Mordecai cried bitterly,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
many lay in sackcloth and ashes lit. sackcloth and ashes were spread under many.
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