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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came,.... For destroying the Jews on such a…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Fasting, and weeping, and wailing - How astonishing, that in all this there is not the slightest intimation given of…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Esther 4:1-4
Here we have an account of the general sorrow that there was among the Jews upon the publishing of Haman's bloody edict…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
many lay in sackcloth and ashes lit. sackcloth and ashes were spread under many.
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