Esther 4:1-3

¹When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

²But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

³In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

— Esther 4:1-3

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Is this your time? Phil Ware continues his series on Light on the Dark Side of the Mountain and uses Esther as a jumping off point for more talk about helping children and orphans.

Cross References for Esther 4:1-3

• Daniel 9:3
• Isaiah 22:12
• Isaiah 22:4
• 2 Samuel 1:11
• Isaiah 58:5
• Ezekiel 27:30-31
• 2 Samuel 13:19
• Job 42:6
• Acts 14:14
• Micah 1:8

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