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Esther 4:6-17 (GN)

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⁶ Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square at the entrance of the palace. ⁷ Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him and just how much money Haman had promised to put into the royal treasury if all the Jews were killed. ⁸ He gave Hathach a copy of the proclamation that had been issued in Susa, ordering the destruction of the Jews. Mordecai asked him to take it to Esther, explain the situation to her, and have her go and plead with the king and beg him to have mercy on her ⁹ Hathach did this, ¹⁰ and Esther gave him this message to take back to Mordecai: ¹¹ "If anyone, man or woman, goes to the inner courtyard and sees the king without being summoned, that person must die. That is the law; everyone, from the king's advisers to the people in the provinces, knows that. There is only one way to get around this ¹² When Mordecai received Esther's message, ¹³ he sent her this warning: "Don't imagine that you are safer than any other Jew just because you are in the royal palace. ¹⁴ If you keep quiet at a time like this, help will come from heaven to the Jews, and they will be saved, but you will die and your father's family will come to an end. Yet who knows---maybe it was for a time like this that you were made queen!" ¹⁵ Esther sent Mordecai this reply: ¹⁶ "Go and get all the Jews in Susa together; hold a fast and pray for me. Don't eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My servant women and I will be doing the same. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. If I must ¹⁷ Mordecai then left and did everything that Esther had told him to do.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 14) Evangelism - Remain silent - deliverance will go somewhere else
(v. 16) Self-Denial / Sacrifice - Esther - risked her life

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 14) Old Testament - Evangelism (2011-04-04)

Definition(s):
Haman (Heh-man): noise; tumult
Mordecai (Mor-dek-eye): contrition; bitter; bruising
Susa (Soo-sa):