Esther 4:1-2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

4 When Mordecai learned all that had occurred,^(A) he tore his clothes,^(B) put on sackcloth and ashes,^(C) went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.^{(D) 2} He only went as far as the King’s Gate,^(E) since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.