Yǐsītièjì 4:1

1 Mòdǐgǎi zhīdào suǒ zuò de zhè yīqiè shì , jiù sī liè yīfu , chuān má yǐ , ménghuī chén , zaì chéng zhōng xíng zǒu , tòngkū āi hào .

Yǐsītièjì 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.

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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.

Yǐsītièjì 4:1 In-Context

1 Mòdǐgǎi zhīdào suǒ zuò de zhè yīqiè shì , jiù sī liè yīfu , chuān má yǐ , ménghuī chén , zaì chéng zhōng xíng zǒu , tòngkū āi hào .

2 Dào le zhāo mén qián tíng zhù jiǎobù , yīnwei chuān má Yǐde bùkĕ jìn zhāo mén .

3 Wáng de yù zhǐ suǒ dào de gè shĕng gè chù , Yóudà rén dàdà bēiāi , jìnshí kūqì āi hào , chuān má Yǐtǎng zaì huī zhōng de shén duō .

4 Wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ de gōng nǚ hé taì jiān lái bǎ zhè shì gàosu Yǐsītiĕ , tā shén shì yōuchóu , jiù sòng yīfu gĕi Mòdǐgǎi chuān , yào tā tuō xià má yǐ , tā què bù shòu .

5 Yǐsītiĕ jiù bǎ wáng suǒ paì cìhou tāde yī gè taì jiān , míng jiào Hǎtāgé zhào lái , fēnfu tā qù jiàn Mòdǐgǎi , yào zhīdào zhè shì shénme shì , shì shénme yuángù .