Esther 4:9 (DBY)

Passage

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Nearby Context

Esther 4:7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

Esther 4:8 And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] to Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

Esther 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

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.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And he gave him a copy of..." into verse 10's "And Esther spoke to Hatach and gave...", so "hatach" and "came" 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 "hatach" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.