Est 4:3 | HCSB | STEP | There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict came . They fasted , wept , and lamented , and many lay on sackcloth and ashes .

b Est 8:17; Isa 58:5; Dan 9:3; Jnh 3:5-6

‏ Esther 4:3

3 There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict ^a came. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. ^b