Esther 4:3
ContextNETBible | Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced 1 there was considerable 2 mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. 3 Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic 4 of many. |
XREF | 1Sa 4:13,14; 1Sa 11:4; Es 1:1; Es 3:12; Isa 22:4,12; Isa 37:1-3; Isa 58:5; Da 9:3; Mt 13:42; Mt 22:13; Mt 25:30 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “reached” (so NAB, NLT); KJV, NASB, NIV “came”; TEV “wherever the king’s proclamation was made known.” 2 tn Heb “great” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “the Jews went into deep mourning.” 3 sn Although prayer is not specifically mentioned here, it is highly unlikely that appeals to God for help were not a part of this reaction to devastating news. As elsewhere in the book of Esther, the writer seems deliberately to keep religious actions in the background. 4 tn Heb “were spread to many”; KJV, NIV “many (+ people NLT) lay in sackcloth and ashes.” |