“If I perish, I perish.” (Esther 4)
Our chronological study of the Bible continues with today's Scripture reading, Esther 4. When news of the king's decree to kill the Jews on an appointed date reached Mordecai, he sent Esther a copy of the king's edict. Mordecai appealed to Esther that she must "go in unto the king…and to make request before him for her people" (Esther 4:8). With the words, "If I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:16b), Esther prepared to face the king and her fate.












