Est 4:3 | TSK | e4.org | in every province , great mourning It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. , ; , , weeping , , many lay in sackcloth and ashes Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many, ;

‏ Esther 4:3

great mourning It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. 1Sam 4:13-14, 1Sam 11:4; Isa 22:4, Isa 22:12, Isa 37:1-3

weeping Matt 13:42, Matt 22:13, Matt 25:30

many lay in sackcloth and ashes Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many, Isa 58:5; Dan 9:3