Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Esther 4:3 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Esther 4:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Esther chapter 4 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. many: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many”
Esther 4:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. The decree's publication sparked empire-wide Jewish mourning. The fourfold description—"mourning, fasting, weeping, wailing"—emphasizes the grief's intensity and universality. The phrase "many lay in sackcloth and ashes" suggests prostration in extreme lamentation. This corporate mourning demonstrated covenant community solidarity—though dispersed across 127 provinces, Jews shared identity and desti...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Esther 4:3
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“the Lord”
“to seek by prayer and petitions”
“on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps”
“and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast”
“Go”
“Look away from me. I will weep bitterly. Don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.,Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people., עַל־כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי שְׁעוּ מִנִּי אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִי אַל־תָּאִיצוּ לְנַחֲמֵנִי עַל־שֹׁד בַּת־עַמִּי׃ ,Therefore said I: Look away from me”
“when king Hezekiah heard it”
“And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
“'Bind him hand and foot”
“where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'”