Esther 4:3

Webster_Strongs⁽ⁱ⁾

3 H4082 And in every province H4725 , wherever H4428 the king's H1697 commandment H1881 and his decree H5060 [H8688] came H1419 , there was great H60 mourning H3064 among the Jews H6685 , and fasting H1065 , and weeping H4553 , and wailing H7227 ; and many H3331 [H8714] lay H8242 in sackcloth H665 and ashes.

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in every province.
Esther 1:1; Esther 3:12
great mourning.It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided.
1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 4:14; 1 Samuel 11:4; Isaiah 22:4; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 37:1-3
weeping.
Matthew 13:42; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 25:30
many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and asheswere laid under many.
Isaiah 58:5; Daniel 9:3