Esau cried out in great distress, “Father, give me a blessing too!”
You know how he later wanted it back. But there was nothing he could do to change things, even though he begged his father and cried.
“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.
They started crying and kept it up until they were too weak to cry any more.
We are ruined by our own stupidity, though we blame the Lord.
Isaac answered, “Your brother tricked me and stole your blessing.”
When Mordecai heard about the letter, he tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. Then he covered his head with ashes and went through the city, crying and weeping.