In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing.Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

• 王的谕旨所到的各省各处、犹大人大大悲哀、禁食哭泣哀号．穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。