Esther 4

Haman's decree to destroy the Jews is published, and Mordecai mourns in sackcloth. He urges Esther to plead with the king: 'Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?' Esther asks the Jews to fast and says, 'If I perish, I perish.'

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