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let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
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The Deception of Pride
Commentators highlight Haman's blinding pride. His vanity was so immense that he couldn't conceive of the king wanting to honor anyone but himself. Matthew Henry uses this as a powerful warning against the deceitfulness of our own hearts and having an inflated view of our own importance, urging believers to constantly watch and pray against such pride.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The honors here proposed by Haman were such as Persian monarchs rarely allowed to subjects. Each act would have been a capital offence if done with…
19th Century
Anglican
Let the royal apparel be brought ... — Haman suggests these exceedingly great distinctions, thinking with unaccountable vanity (for nothin…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king used to wear , &c.] Not a whole suit of clothes, but a single garmen…
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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 …
