What is the context?
Through Hathach, Mordecai supplies the facts and a copy of the decree. He asks Esther to plead before the king for her people, turning her concern toward a specific action.
Esther explains the danger: entering the inner court without a summons can mean death unless the king extends his scepter. She has not been summoned for thirty days.
Being queen therefore does not give her unrestricted or safe access. Her reply identifies the real risk involved in the request rather than showing that the threat to her people is unimportant to her.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley takes the long interval without a summons as a reason for Esther to fear that the king’s affection has weakened. The narrative states the interval and access rule, but does not say that his affection has in fact changed. Mordecai’s request calls for courage within uncertainty.
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