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Pride's Destructive Escalation
Commentators explain that Haman's wounded pride could not be satisfied by punishing a single person. When he learned Mordecai's defiance was rooted in his Jewish identity, he assumed all Jews would act the same. His personal offense escalated into a genocidal plot to eliminate the entire nation, demonstrating how unchecked pride and a thirst for revenge can lead to catastrophic evil.
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Esther
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Albert Barnes
On Esther 3:6
18th Century
Theologian
To destroy all the Jews — In the East massacres of a people, a race, a class, have at all times been among the incidents of history, and wou…
John Gill
On Esther 3:6
17th Century
Pastor
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone
That would not be a sufficient gratification of his revenge; he …
Matthew Henry
On Esther 3:1–6
17th Century
Minister
Mordecai refused to reverence Haman. The religion of a Jew forbade him to give honors to any mortal man that smacked of idolatry, especially to suc…