Esther 4:16 References

16 "Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; ado not eat or drink for bthree days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish."

a Joel 1:14, Joel 2:12

Joel 1

14 aConsecrate a fast, Proclaim a bsolemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the Lord your God, And ccry out to the Lord.

Joel 2

12 "Yet even now," declares the Lord, "aReturn to Me with all your heart, And with bfasting, weeping and mourning;

Other references for Esther 4:16

b Esther 5:1