Esther and the Jews Fast

¹⁵ Then Esther said for them to respond to Mordecai, ¹⁶ “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; ^(A)do not eat or drink for ^(B)three days, night or day. I and my young women also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

⁴ Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^[a](A)reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for ^(B)the remnant that is left.’”

³ ‘^(A)Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you ^(B)great and mighty things, ^(C)which you do not know.’

³⁷ ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “This also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.