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Esther 4:3

In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-and in everyH3605 →
מְדִינָ֣הme.di.NahprovinceH4082 →
וּמְדִינָ֗הu.me.di.Nahand provinceH4082 →
מְקוֹם֙me.kOm[the] placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher<of> whereH834 →
דְּבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְדָתוֹ֙ve.da.Toand law hisH1881 →
מַגִּ֔יעַma.Gi.a'[were] reachingH5060 →
אֵ֤בֶל'E.velmourningH60 →
גָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlgreatH1419 →
לַיְּהוּדִ֔יםlai.ye.hu.Dim[belonged] to the JewsH3064 →
וְצ֥וֹםve.Tzomand fastingH6685 →
וּבְכִ֖יu.ve.Khiand weepingH1065 →
וּמִסְפֵּ֑דu.mis.Pedand wailingH4553 →
שַׂ֣קsaksackclothH8242 →
וָאֵ֔פֶרva.'E.ferand ash[es]H665 →
יֻצַּ֖עyu.Tza'it was spread as a bedH3331 →
לָֽרַבִּֽים׃La.ra.Bimby <the> many [people]H7227 →

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Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.Esther 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,Esther 9:31in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.Daniel 9:3So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”Isaiah 37:1–3On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.Isaiah 58:5Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?Esther 3:12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Nehemiah 9:1On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’1 Samuel 4:13–14When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.Esther 4:1When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.1 Samuel 11:4When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

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