Then Esthertold[them] to replyto Mordecai,
"For ifyou remainsilentat thistime,reliefand deliverancewill arisefor the Jewsfrom anotherplaceand you and your father'shousewill perish.And whoknowswhetheryou have not attainedroyaltyfor such a timeas this?"
"Go,assembleallthe Jewswho are foundin Susa,and fastfor me; do not eator drinkfor threedays,nightor day.I and my maidensalsowill fastin the sameway.And thusI will goin to the king,whichis not according to the law;and ifI perish,I perish."
so that they might requestcompassionfrom the Godof heavenconcerningthismystery,sothat Danieland his friendswould not be destroyedwith the restof the wisemenof Babylon.