11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had [a]promoted him, and how that he had set him above the princes and servants of the king.

12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared, save me: and tomorrow am I bidden unto her also with the king.

13 But all this doth nothing avail me, as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:11 Thus the wicked when they are promoted, instead of acknowledging their charge and humbling themselves, wax ambitious, disdainful, and cruel.

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