1 Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was imminent, fled to the Lord.
2 And when she had put aside her royal apparel, she took up garments suitable for weeping and mourning, and instead of various ointments, she covered her head with ashes from burnt dung, and she humbled her body with fasting, and all the aspects of her beauty, she covered with her torn hair.
3 And she begged the Lord God of Israel, saying, 'My Lord, who alone is our King, help me, a solitary woman, for there is no other helper but you.
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