15. Then Esther replied, sending back to Mordecai:
16. “Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa, then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day. I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish.”
17. So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.