Yǐsītièjì 6:12

12 Mòdǐgǎi réng huí dào zhāo mén , Hǎmàn què yōu yōu mēn mēn de méng zhe tóu , jímáng huí jiā qù le .

Yǐsītièjì 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 6:12

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate
To attend his post and office at court; which confirms what has been already hinted, that he was in some office in the court, which this phrase is expressive of, and not a porter at the gate; for it is not probable he should return to such a station, after so much honour had been done him; and much less that he returned to his sackcloth and fasting, as Jarchi and the former Targum; since he might reasonably conclude things were taking a turn in his favour, and that of his people; though as yet he knew not what success Esther had had, to wait for which he returned to court:

but Haman hasted to his house;
pushed forward as fast as he could:

mourning;
at his sad disappointment:

and having his head covered;
through grief and sorrow, confusion and shame; so Demosthenes, being hissed, went home with his head covered {c}, as confounded and ashamed to be seen ^F4.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Plutarch in Demosthene.
F4 See more instances in Lively's Chronology of the Persian monarchy, p. 18, 19.

Yǐsītièjì 6:12 In-Context

10 Wáng duì Hǎmàn shuō , nǐ sù sù jiāng zhè yīfu hé mǎ , zhào nǐ suǒ shuō de , xiàng zuò zaì zhāo mén de Yóudà rén Mòdǐgǎi qù xíng . fán nǐ suǒ shuō de , yíyàng bùkĕ quē .

11 Yúshì Hǎmàn jiāng zhāo fù gĕi Mòdǐgǎi chuān shang , shǐ tā qí shang mǎ , zǒu biàn chéng lǐ de jiēshì , zaì tā miànqián xuāngào shuō , wáng suǒ xǐyuè zūnróng de rén , jiù rúcǐ dāi tā .

12 Mòdǐgǎi réng huí dào zhāo mén , Hǎmàn què yōu yōu mēn mēn de méng zhe tóu , jímáng huí jiā qù le .

13 Jiāng suǒ yù de yīqiè shì , xiángxì shuō gĕi tāde qī Xìlìsī , hé tāde zhòng péngyou tīng . tāde zhìhuì rén , hé tāde qī Xìlìsī duì tā shuō , nǐ zaì Mòdǐgǎi miànqián shǐ ér baì luō , tā rúguǒ shì Yóudà rén , nǐ bì bùnéng shēng tā , zhōng bì zaì tā miànqián baì luō .

14 Tāmen hái yǔ Hǎmàn shuōhuà de shíhou , wáng de taì jiān lái cuī Hǎmàn , kuaì qù fù Yǐsītiĕ suǒ yùbeì de yánxí .