Esther 4:12 (DBY)

Passage

And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

Nearby Context

Esther 4:10 And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:

Esther 4:11 All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [him] to death, except [such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Esther 4:12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

Esther 4:13 And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "told", "mordecai", "esther's", and "words". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "told" and "mordecai", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "All the king's servants and the people..." into verse 13's "And Mordecai bade to answer Esther Imagine...", so "told" and "mordecai" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "told" and "mordecai" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.