Esther 4:14-16
1599 Geneva Bible
14 For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, [a]comfort and deliverance [b]shall appear to the Jews out of another place, but thou and thy father’s house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [c]such a time?
15 Then Esther commanded to answer Mordecai,
16 Go, and assemble all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and eat not, nor drink in three days, day nor night. I also and my maids will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the King, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, [d]I perish.
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- Esther 4:14 Hebrew, breathing.
- Esther 4:14 Thus Mordecai spake in the confidence of that faith which all God’s children ought to have: which is, that God will deliver them, though all worldly means fail.
- Esther 4:14 For to deliver God’s Church out of these present dangers.
- Esther 4:16 I will put my life in danger and refer the success to God, seeing it is for his glory and the deliverance of his Church.
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