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Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
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An Understood Sorrow
Commentators explain that Mordecai's actions—tearing his clothes and wearing sackcloth with ashes—were universally recognized signs of extreme grief in the ancient Near East. Both Jews and Persians would have immediately understood the depth of his distress and the gravity of the situation.
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19th Century
Anglican
Mordecai rent his clothes. — This was a common sign of sorrow among Eastern nations generally. It will be noticed that the sorrow both of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When Mordecai perceived all that was done By the king, at the instigation of Haman, against the Jews; which he came to th…
Presbyterian
Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, which oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private afflic…
