Esther 4:1
“When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;”
KJV
Read in Esther 4Meaning
The decree's consequences become visible in Mordecai's public grief. His mourning gives human expression to a threat that chapter 3 described administratively and marks the transition from imperial action to the Jewish community's response.