When Mordecai learned all that had happened, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went through the city, crying out loudly and bitterly, until he came in front of the palace gate; for one could not enter the palace gate wearing sackcloth. . . . there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing, and everybody lay in sack cloth and ashes.--When Esther's maidens and eunuchs came and informed her, the queen was greatly agitated. She sent clothing for Mordecai to wear, so that he might take off his sackcloth; but he refused. Esther 4:1-4. The Writings--Kethubim: A new translation of The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic text, Third Section, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1982. Crayon on cardstock (photocopied as original is lost); edited on IrfanView.I just realized that Esther had not yet heard of the decree or its contents. She must have been very insulated in the palace.
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