Est 4:1 | ESV | STEP | When Mordecai learned all that had been done , Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes , and went out into the midst of the city , and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry .

Esther 4:1

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes ^aand put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.