Esther 4:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² When Mordecai was told what Esther had said, ¹³ he sent back this reply, “Don't think that you will escape being killed with the rest of the Jews, just because you live in the king's palace. ¹⁴ If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”