15. Esther sent Mordecai this reply:
16. “Go and gather all the Jews in Susa together; hold a fast and pray for me. Don't eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My young women and I will be doing the same. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. If I must die for doing it, I will die.”
17. Mordecai then left and did everything that Esther had told him to do.