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Ester 4:1

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1 Cuando Mardoqueo supo todo lo que se hab铆a hecho, rasg贸 sus vestidos, se visti贸 de cilicio y ceniza, y sali贸 por la ciudad, lament谩ndose con grande y amargo clamor.

Ester 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai perceived all that was done
By the king, at the instigation of Haman, against the Jews; which he came to the knowledge of, either by some of the conflicts or by common fame, or on the sight of the edicts which were published in Shushan; though the Jews think it was made known to him in a supernatural way, either by Elijah, as the former Targum F24, or by the Holy Ghost, as the latter:

Mordecai rent his clothes:
both behind and before, according to the same Targum; and this was a custom used in mourning, not only with the Jews, but with the Persians also, as Herodotus F25 relates:

and put on sackcloth with ashes;
upon his head, as the former Targum; which was usual in mourning, even both; ( Job 2:12 ) ( Daniel 9:3 )

and went out into the midst of the city;
not Elam the province, as Aben Ezra, but the city Shushan:

and cried with a loud and bitter cry;
that all the Jews in the city might be alarmed by it, and inquire the reason of it, and be affected with it; and a clamorous mournful noise was used among the Persians, as well as others, on sad occasions F26.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 So Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 1.
F25 Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. ----. Urania, sive, l. 8. c. 99.
F26 Calliope, sive, l. 9. c. 24.
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Ester 4:1 In-Context

1 Cuando Mardoqueo supo todo lo que se hab铆a hecho, rasg贸 sus vestidos, se visti贸 de cilicio y ceniza, y sali贸 por la ciudad, lament谩ndose con grande y amargo clamor.
2 Y lleg贸 hasta la puerta del rey, porque nadie pod铆a entrar por la puerta del rey vestido de cilicio.
3 Y en cada una de las provincias y en todo lugar donde llegaba la orden del rey y su decreto, hab铆a entre los jud铆os gran duelo y ayuno, llanto y lamento; y muchos se acostaban sobre cilicio y ceniza.
4 Vinieron las doncellas de Ester y sus eunucos y se lo comunicaron, y la reina se angusti贸 en gran manera. Y envi贸 ropa para que Mardoqueo se vistiera y se quitara el cilicio de encima, pero 茅l no la acept贸.
5 Entonces Ester llam贸 a Hatac, uno de los eunucos que el rey hab铆a puesto a su servicio, y le orden贸 ir a Mardoqueo para saber qu茅 era aquello y por qu茅.

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