He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4
Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion sufferings to others. God will keep those that are exposed to evil by the tenderness of their consciences.
Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.
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