And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
Esther's inquiry shows true kindness: to weep with those who weep, we must first know why they weep. She wanted to understand Mordecai's trouble fully before she acted, and this is how all who love God's people should order their prayers and griefs.
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Commenting on Esther 4:5-17
Hathach brought Mordecai's full message to Esther: the danger to the Jews, why it had come upon them, and what he required her to do in that desperate hour. She could only answer through this eunuch, for the king's wives were kept under strict guard and had no other means of sending word.
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Everyone knew the law binding on all subjects: approach the king unannounced into his inner chamber, and you die. One exception alone existed: if the king extended His sceptre to you, you lived. That single gesture stood between death and life.
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Commenting on Esther 4:9-11