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Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king`s gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
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Pride's Painful Reversal
Commentators highlight the profound irony and moral lesson in this verse. Haman, blinded by pride, devises a grand honor assuming it's for himself. Instead, the king commands him to bestow this very honor on Mordecai, the man he despises. Matthew Henry uses this as a powerful warning against self-conceit, showing how our own hearts can deceive us. The moment is a sudden, shocking, and deeply mortifying turn of events for Haman.
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Esther
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19th Century
Anglican
The Jew. —Mordecai’s nationality would doubtless be given in the book of records. Thus Esther, in urging her petition eventually, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the king said to Haman, make haste And without delay go into the royal treasury, or wardrobe, as the Targum add…
Presbyterian
See how people's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of ourselves and our …
