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Greek Esther 4:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Greek Esther 4:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Mordecai Seeks Esther’s Aid
4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled himself with ashes; then he rushed through the street of the city, shouting loudly: “An innocent nation is being destroyed!”(A) 2 He got as far as the king’s gate, and there he stopped, because no one was allowed to enter the courtyard clothed in sackcloth and ashes. 3 And in every province where the letter had been posted there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning among the Jews, and they put on sackcloth and ashes.(B)
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