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But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his garments, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. Having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, “A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!”
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Verse 1. Shewing. Septuagint old Vulg. and Josephus, “a nation which has done no wrong, is to be cut off.” The eastern nations were accustomed to such marks of sorrow. Jonah 2:6. The citizens of Susa tore their garments, and cried aloud, for many days after the defeat of Xerxes. Herod. viii. 98.—The domestics of Darius and Alexander tore also their hair, and so forth after their masters’ death. Curt. iii. and xi.
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