Esther 4:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² And he came as far as the king’s gate; but he could not enter, being clothed with sackcloth.

³ And in every province and place where the king’s charge and his commission came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and mourning. And many lay in sackcloth and in ashes.

⁴ Then, Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told it to her. Therefore, the queen was very troubled; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so he could remove his sackcloth. But he refused it.