Esther 6

10–14 Imagine Haman’s mortification when he discovered it wasn’t he whom the king wanted to honor but the very man he had planned to hang that morning! Imagine Haman’s humiliation as he himself led the honored Mordecai through the streets of Susa!

After his ordeal, Haman rushed home in grief. If he had hoped for some encouragement from his wife and friends, he certainly didn’t get any; they told him he would surely come to ruin (verse 13). The reason they gave was that Mordecai was of Jewish origin; now Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews would be exposed. And while his friends were still talking to him, Haman was taken away to attend Esther’s second banquet.