But what went you2f out for to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
Behold Yochanan [Yah is gracious] was clothed with the hair of camels and black leather girded his loins (thigh and groin area; often used for the reproductive organs) and his food was locust and the honey of the forest.
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
And Mordekhai [little man] went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan [lily] rejoiced and was glad.
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Ester [star] put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
To bring Vashti [beautiful] the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Paras (Persia) [pure or splendid] and Madai [middle land], the nobles and princes of the provinces, [being] before him:
And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and wearing with a belt of leather about his waist. And he said, It [is] Eliyahu [my God is Yehovah] the Tishbi [captivity].
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); there was no more spirit in her.
I [am] this day eighty years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can youi servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should youri servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
“Or what did you go out to see? Do you think that Yochanan [Yah is gracious] was a man clothed in noble garments? Behold those who wear noble garments are in kings houses”.
And when the messengers of Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning Yochanan [Yehovah has graced], What went you2f out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?