Verse 25
but when [the matter] came{H935} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} he commanded{H559} by letters{H5612} that his wicked{H7451} device,{H4284} which he had devised{H2803} against the Jews,{H3064} should return{H7725} upon his own head,{H7218} and that he and his sons{H1121} should be hanged{H8518} on the gallows.{H6086}
Referenced Verses
- Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief{H5999} shall return{H7725} upon his own head,{H7218} And his violence{H2555} shall come down{H3381} upon his own pate.{H6936}
- Ps 109:17-18 : 17 Yea, he loved{H157} cursing,{H7045} and it came{H935} unto him; And he delighted{H2654} not in blessing,{H1293} and it was far{H7368} from him. 18 He clothed{H3847} himself also with cursing{H7045} as with his garment,{H4055} And it came{H935} into his inward{H7130} parts like water,{H4325} And like oil{H8081} into his bones.{H6106}
- Ps 140:9 : 9 As for the head{H7218} of those that compass me about,{H4524} Let the mischief{H5999} of their own lips{H8193} cover{H3680} them.
- Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked{H7563} fall{H5307} into their own nets,{H4364} Whilst that I withal{H3162} escape.{H5674}
- Matt 21:44 : 44 And{G2532} he that falleth{G4098} on{G1909} this{G5126} stone{G3037} shall be broken{G4917} to pieces: but{G1161} on{G1909} whomsoever{G3739} it{G302} shall fall,{G4098} it will scatter{G3039} him{G846} as dust.{G3039}
- Esth 7:5-8:14 : 5 Then spake{H559} the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} and said{H559} unto Esther{H635} the queen,{H4436} Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume{H4390} in his heart{H3820} to do{H6213} so? 6 And Esther{H635} said,{H559} An adversary{H376} and an enemy,{H341} even this wicked{H7451} Haman.{H2001} Then Haman{H2001} was afraid{H1204} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the queen.{H4436} 7 And the king{H4428} arose{H6965} in his wrath{H2534} from the banquet{H4960} of wine{H3196} [and went] into the palace{H1055} garden:{H1594} and Haman{H2001} stood up{H5975} to make request{H1245} for his life{H5315} to Esther{H635} the queen;{H4436} for he saw{H7200} that there was evil{H7451} determined{H3615} against him by the king.{H4428} 8 Then the king{H4428} returned{H7725} out of the palace{H1055} garden{H1594} into the place{H1004} of the banquet{H4960} of wine;{H3196} and Haman{H2001} was fallen{H5307} upon the couch{H4296} whereon Esther{H635} was. Then said{H559} the king,{H4428} Will he even force{H3533} the queen{H4436} before me in the house?{H1004} As the word{H1697} went out{H3318} of the king's{H4428} mouth,{H6310} they covered{H2645} Haman's{H2001} face.{H6440} 9 Then said{H559} Harbonah,{H2726} one{H259} of the chamberlains{H5631} that were before{H6440} the king,{H4428} Behold also, the gallows{H6086} fifty{H2572} cubits{H520} high,{H1364} which Haman{H2001} hath made{H6213} for Mordecai,{H4782} who spake{H1696} good{H2896} for the king,{H4428} standeth{H5975} in the house{H1004} of Haman.{H2001} And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Hang{H8518} him thereon. 10 So they hanged{H8518} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559} for Mordecai.{H4782} Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified.{H7918} 1 On that day{H3117} did the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} give{H5414} the house{H1004} of Haman{H2001} the Jews'{H3064} enemy{H6887} unto Esther{H635} the queen.{H4436} And Mordecai{H4782} came{H935} before{H6440} the king;{H4428} for Esther{H635} had told{H5046} what he was unto her. 2 And the king{H4428} took off{H5493} his ring,{H2885} which he had taken{H5674} from Haman,{H2001} and gave{H5414} it unto Mordecai.{H4782} And Esther{H635} set{H7760} Mordecai{H4782} over the house{H1004} of Haman.{H2001} 3 And Esther{H635} spake{H1696} yet again{H3254} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} and fell down{H5307} at{H6440} his feet,{H7272} and besought{H2603} him with tears{H1058} to put away{H5674} the mischief{H7451} of Haman{H2001} the Agagite,{H91} and his device{H4284} that he had devised{H2803} against the Jews.{H3064} 4 Then the king{H4428} held out{H3447} to Esther{H635} the golden{H2091} sceptre.{H8275} So Esther{H635} arose,{H6965} and stood{H5975} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 5 And she said,{H559} If it please{H2896} the king,{H4428} and if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in his sight,{H6440} and the thing{H1697} seem right{H3787} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} and I be pleasing{H2896} in his eyes,{H5869} let it be written{H3789} to reverse{H7725} the letters{H5612} devised{H4284} by Haman,{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} which he wrote{H3789} to destroy{H6} the Jews{H3064} that are in all the king's{H4428} provinces:{H4082} 6 for how{H349} can I endure{H3201} to see{H7200} the evil{H7451} that shall come{H4672} unto my people?{H5971} or how{H349} can I endure{H3201} to see{H7200} the destruction{H13} of my kindred?{H4138} 7 Then the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} said{H559} unto Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} and to Mordecai{H4782} the Jew,{H3064} Behold, I have given{H5414} Esther{H635} the house{H1004} of Haman,{H2001} and him they have hanged{H8518} upon the gallows,{H6086} because he laid{H7971} his hand{H3027} upon the Jews.{H3064} 8 Write{H3789} ye also to the Jews,{H3064} as it pleaseth{H2896} you,{H5869} in the king's{H4428} name,{H8034} and seal{H2856} it with the king's{H4428} ring;{H2885} for the writing{H3791} which is written{H3789} in the king's{H4428} name,{H8034} and sealed{H2856} with the king's{H4428} ring,{H2885} may no man reverse.{H7725} 9 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608} called{H7121} at that time,{H6256} in the third{H7992} month{H2320} Sivan,{H5510} on the three{H7969} and twentieth{H6242} [day] thereof; and it was written{H3789} according to all that Mordecai{H4782} commanded{H6680} unto the Jews,{H3064} and to the satraps,{H323} and the governors{H6346} and princes{H8269} of the provinces{H4082} which are from India{H1912} unto Ethiopia,{H3568} a hundred{H3967} twenty{H6242} and seven{H7651} provinces,{H4082} unto every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and unto every people{H5971} after their language,{H3956} and to the Jews{H3064} according to their writing,{H3791} and according to their language.{H3956} 10 And he wrote{H3789} the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} and sealed{H2856} it with the king's{H4428} ring,{H2885} and sent{H7971} letters{H5612} by{H3027} post{H7323} on horseback,{H5483} riding{H7392} on swift steeds{H7409} that were used in the king's service,{H327} bred{H1121} of the stud:{H7424} 11 wherein the king{H4428} granted{H5414} the Jews{H3064} that were in every city{H5892} to gather themselves together,{H6950} and to stand{H5975} for their life,{H5315} to destroy,{H8045} to slay,{H2026} and to cause to perish,{H6} all the power{H2428} of the people{H5971} and province{H4082} that would assault{H6696} them, [their] little ones{H2945} and women,{H802} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey,{H962} 12 upon one{H259} day{H3117} in all the provinces{H4082} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} [namely], upon the thirteenth{H7969} [day] of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar.{H143} 13 A copy{H6572} of the writing,{H3791} that the decree{H1881} should be given{H5414} out in every province,{H4082} was published{H1540} unto all the peoples,{H5971} and that the Jews{H3064} should be ready{H6264} against that day{H3117} to avenge{H5358} themselves on their enemies.{H341} 14 So the posts{H7323} that rode{H7392} upon swift steeds{H7409} that were used in the king's{H4428} service went out,{H3318} being hastened{H926} and pressed on{H1765} by the king's{H4428} commandment;{H1697} and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} the palace.{H1002}
- Esth 9:13-14 : 13 Then said{H559} Esther,{H635} If it please{H2896} the king,{H4428} let it be granted{H5414} to the Jews{H3064} that are in Shushan{H7800} to do{H6213} to-morrow{H4279} also according unto this day's{H3117} decree,{H1881} and let Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons{H1121} be hanged{H8518} upon the gallows.{H6086} 14 And the king{H4428} commanded{H559} it so to be done:{H6213} and a decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan;{H7800} and they hanged{H8518} Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons.{H1121}