Esther 4:16 ASV

¹⁴  For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

¹⁵  Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

¹⁶  Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

¹⁷  So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.