Est 4:3, 7:2, 9:12 | ESV | STEP | And in every province , wherever the king’s command and his decree reached , there was great mourning among the Jews , with fasting and weeping and lamenting , and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes .

Esther 4:3

3 And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, ^awith fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them ^blay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 7:2

2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, ^c“What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? ^dEven to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

Esther 9:12

12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed 500 men and also the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! ^eNow what is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”