15. Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
16. “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”
17. So Mordecai went and did everything Esther had ordered him.