Esther 4:8

8 And he gave him a copy of the edict of the law that had been issued in Susa for their destruction to show Esther, and to inform her, and to charge her to go to the king and make supplication to him and entreat before him for her people.

Esther 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:8

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was
given at Shushan to destroy them
Which had now been published in the city; by which means Mordecai had had a sight of it, and had transcribed it; see ( Esther 3:14 )

to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her;
what Haman intended against the people of the Jews; as the Targum adds:

and to charge her;
in his name; whose charges she had always regarded, both before and since she was queen; or in the name of God:

that she should go in unto the king to make supplication unto him, and
to make request before him for her people;
signifying there was a necessity of doing it speedily, and of urging her request with great earnestness and importunity, since it was not the life of a single person, but the lives of a body of people, and her own, that lay at stake.

Esther 4:8 In-Context

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the public square of the city, which [was] in front of the gate of the king,

7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman has promised to pay to the treasury of the king for the destruction of the Jews.

8 And he gave him a copy of the edict of the law that had been issued in Susa for their destruction to show Esther, and to inform her, and to charge her to go to the king and make supplication to him and entreat before him for her people.

9 And Hathach went [back] and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

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