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And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Edict. Lit. “dogma;: Bible. a word used in this sense, (Acts 15:16) and by Demosthenes, and so forth Tirinus.—Mourning. The most effectual means of redress, is to do works of penance for past transgressions. 1 Corinthians 11:31. Worthington.
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