Esther 4:16 Cross References - DouayRheims

¹⁶ Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger.

¹⁹ For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

¹⁴ And may my almighty God make him favourable to you: and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children.

¹⁵ But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve thee Lord,

⁵ And he put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought great salvation for all Israel. Thou sawest it and didst rejoice. Why therefore wilt thou sin against innocent blood, by killing David, who is without fault?

¹² Be of good courage, and let us fight for our people, and for the city of our God: and the Lord will do what is good in his sight.

³ And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda.

^{1 (15:4) And on the third day she laid away the garments she wore, and put on her glorious apparel.
(15:5) And glittering in royal robes, after she had called upon God the ruler and Saviour of all, she took two maids with her,
(15:6) And upon one of them she leaned, as if for delicateness and overmuch tenderness she were not able to bear up her own body.
(15:7) And the other maid followed her lady, bearing up her train flowing on the ground.
(15:8) But she with a rosy colour in her face, and with gracious and bright eyes hid a mind full of anguish, and exceeding great fear.
(15:9) So going in she passed through all doors in order, and stood before the king, where he sat upon his royal throne, clothed with his royal robes, and glittering with gold, and precious stones, and he was terrible to behold.
(15:10) And when he had lifted up his countenance, and with burning eyes had shewn the wrath of his heart, the queen sunk down, and her colour turned pale, and she rested her weary head upon her handmaid.
(15:11) And God changed the king's spirit into mildness, and all in haste and in fear he leaped from his throne, and holding her up in his arms, till she came to herself, caressed her with these words:
(15:12) What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not.
(15:13) Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made for thee, but for all others.
(15:14) Come near then, and touch the sceptre.
(15:15) And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kissed her, and said: Why dost thou not speak to me?
(15:16) She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.
(15:17) For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy face is full of graces.
(15:18) And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost in a swoon.
(15:19) But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.}
And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's hall: now he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over against the door of the house.

¹² And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

¹⁴ Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly, gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God: and cry ye to the Lord: ¹⁵ Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

¹² Now, therefore, saith the Lord. Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and mourning. ¹³ And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil. ¹⁴ Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God? ¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, ¹⁶ Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber. ¹⁷ Between the porch and the altar the priests, the Lord's ministers, shall weep, and shall say: Spare, O Lord, spare thy people: and give not thy inheritane to reproach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why should they say among the nations: Where is their God?

⁴ And Jonas began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed. ⁵ And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. ⁶ And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ⁷ And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water. ⁸ And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands. ⁹ Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?

⁴⁰ For as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

²⁴ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall lose his life for my sake shall save it.

⁹ And he was there three days without sight: and he did neither eat nor drink.

⁷ And when the angel who spoke to him was departed, he called two of his household servants and a soldier who feared the Lord, of them that were under him.

²⁴ But I fear none of these things, neither do I count my life more precious than myself, so that I may consummate my course and the ministry of the word which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

¹³ Then Paul answered and said: What do you mean, weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but to die also in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

³³ And when it began to be light, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying: This day is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, taking nothing.

⁴ (Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles),

³⁰ Because for the work of Christ he came to the point of death: delivering his life, that he might fulfil that which on your part was wanting towards my service.