Esther 4: Esther’s Courageous Plan – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Mordecai’s Request, Esther’s Risk, and God’s Provision

Listen to Esther 4 and experience the courage and faith of Queen Esther. Hear the story of Mordecai’s request for Esther’s help to save their people, Esther’s risk of approaching the king without an invitation, and God’s provision through Esther to spare the Jews from destruction. This clear and engaging audio recording is perfect for study, reflection, or meditation on the inspiring themes of obedience, bravery, and divine intervention.

ESTHER 4 (NIV)

1 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in
sackcloth was allowed to enter it.

3 In every province to which the edict and
order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting,
weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

4 When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about
Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on
instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

5 Then Esther summoned
Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to
find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

6 So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of
the king’s gate.

7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him,
including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal
treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

8 He also gave him a copy of the
text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to
show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go
into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.

9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said.

10 Then she
instructed him to say to Mordecai,

11 “All the king’s officials and the people
of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king
in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they
be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares
their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the
king.”

12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai,

13 he sent back this answer:
“Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the
Jews will escape.

14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and
deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your
father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your
royal position for such a time as this?”

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

16 “Go, gather together all the
Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days,
night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I
will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I
perish.”

17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.