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Esther · read by Brandon Doll
9 verses, in order. Only the verses Brandon read aloud are shown.
Esther 4
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When 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.Read from KJV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther
2
But he went only as far as the king's gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.Read from KJV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther
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.Read from KJV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther
14
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"Read from KJV · Sent by God for such a time as this
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"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!"Read from KJV · Sent by God for such a time as this
Esther 8
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Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.Read from KJV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther
16
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.Read from ESV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther
17
In every province and every city, wherever the king's edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.Read from KJV · Fellowship Illustrated in Esther