Esther 4:1-4 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;

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1 H4782 When Mordecai H3045 perceived [H8804] H6213 all that was done [H8738] H4782 , Mordecai H7167 rent [H8799] H899 his clothes H3847 , and put on [H8799] H8242 sackcloth H665 with ashes H3318 , and went out [H8799] H8432 into the midst H5892 of the city H2199 , and cried [H8799] H1419 with a loud H4751 and a bitter H2201 cry;

2 H935 And came [H8799] H6440 even before H4428 the king's H8179 gate H935 : for none might enter [H8800] H4428 into the king's H8179 gate H3830 clothed H8242 with sackcloth.

3 H4082 And in every province H4725 , whithersoever H4428 the king's H1697 commandment H1881 and his decree H5060 came [H8688] H1419 , there was great H60 mourning H3064 among the Jews H6685 , and fasting H1065 , and weeping H4553 , and wailing H7227 ; and many H3331 lay [H8714] H8242 in sackcloth H665 and ashes.

4 H635 So Esther's H5291 maids H5631 and her chamberlains H935 came [H8799] H5046 and told [H8686] H4436 it her. Then was the queen H3966 exceedingly H2342 grieved [H8698] H7971 ; and she sent [H8799] H899 raiment H3847 to clothe [H8687] H4782 Mordecai H5493 , and to take away [H8687] H8242 his sackcloth H6901 from him: but he received [H8765] it not.