Esther 4:3
“And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.”
KJV
Read in Esther 4Meaning
The response is not limited to Mordecai or Susa. The decree has created empire-wide communal grief, with fasting and mourning expressing both danger and collective solidarity.