Esther 4:3 (KJV)

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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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in every province. Es 1:1 Es 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 1Sa 4:14 1Sa 11:4 Isa 22:4 Isa 22:12 Isa 37:1-3

weeping. Mt 13:42 Mt 22:13 Mt 25:30

many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and asheswere laid under many. Isa 58:5 Da 9:3

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