Esther 4:12

12 And they told Mordecai the words of Esther.

Esther 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:12

And they told to Mordecai Esther's, words.
] The messengers she sent to him.

Esther 4:12 In-Context

10 And Esther spoke to Hathach and {she gave him a message for Mordecai}:

11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that [if] any man or woman who goes to the king to the inner courtyard, who is not called, he has one law, to be killed, except if the king extends to him the gold scepter so that he may live. I have not been called to come to the king {for thirty days}."

12 And they told Mordecai the words of Esther.

13 Then Mordecai told [them] to reply to Esther: "Do not think that your life will be saved [in] the palace of the king more than all the Jews.

14 For if indeed you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and the family of your father will perish. Who knows? [Perhaps] you have come to a royal position for a time such as this."