Esther 4:11-13

Living Bible

¹¹ “All the world knows that anyone, whether man or woman, who goes into the king’s inner court without his summons is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter; and the king has not called for me to come to him in more than a month.”

¹² So Hathach gave Esther’s message to Mordecai.

¹³ This was Mordecai’s reply to Esther: “Do you think you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed?