Esther 4:1-2 Amplified Bible (AMP)

1. NOW WHEN Mordecai learned all that was done, [he] rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and bitter cry.

2. He came and stood before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esther 4