8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
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Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Here, I. The king retires in anger. He rose from table in a great passion, and went into the palace garden to cool himself and to consider what was to be done, Est. 7:7. He sent not for his seven wise counsellors who knew the times , being ashamed to consult them about the undoing of that which he had rashly done without their knowledge or advice; but he went to walk in the garden awhile, to compa…
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