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and he came even before the king`s gate: for none might enter within the king`s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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The King's Insulated World
Commentators explain that the rule against sackcloth at the king's gate was a common practice in ancient Eastern courts. The goal was to shield the monarch from anything sad or ill-omened, creating an artificial bubble of pleasure and peace. This law highlights the vast gulf between the king's insulated reality and the life-or-death crisis facing Mordecai and the Jewish people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
None might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth - This law is not elsewhere mentioned; but its principle—that nothing of evil o…
19th Century
Anglican
None might enter ... —That nothing sad or ill-omened might meet the monarch’s gaze, as though by shutting his eyes, as it were, to…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And came even before the king's gate Or court, that Esther might if possible be made acquainted with this dreadful c…
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Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, which oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private afflic…
