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Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king`s gate.

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Pride's Empty Promise

Commentators highlight how Haman's pride poisons his own happiness. Despite having immense wealth, power, and honor, he declares it all worthless because of one man's refusal to bow. Matthew Henry explains that this is the nature of pride: it is never satisfied. A single perceived slight can torment a proud person and ruin all their other comforts, showing that worldly status is a hollow foundation for joy.

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Esther

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Esther 5:13

19th Century

Bishop

Avails me nothing. —Better, does not suit me, does not content me.

John Gill

John Gill

On Esther 5:13

17th Century

Pastor

Yet all this avails me nothing
Is not equal or sufficient for me; it gives me no satisfaction and contentment:

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Esther 5:9–14

17th Century

Minister

This account of Haman is a comment upon Proverbs 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers.

Haman, the higher he is…