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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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Esther

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Esther 4:1

19th Century

Bishop

Mordecai rent his clothes. — This was a common sign of sorrow among Eastern nations generally. It will be noticed that the sorrow both of …

John Gill

John Gill

On Esther 4:1

17th Century

Pastor

When Mordecai perceived all that was done By the king, at the instigation of Haman, against the Jews; which he came to th…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Esther 4:1–4

17th Century

Minister

Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, which oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private afflic…