Esth 7 · Esther
His Own Gallows
He built the trap that finally caught him
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Context
Haman is the second-most-powerful man in Persia, and everyone bows when he passes. Everyone except Mordecai, a Jew at the palace gate who won't stand. It eats at Haman so completely that he gets the king to sign a decree wiping out every Jew in the empire, and builds a 75-foot pole in his own yard with Mordecai's name on it.
Story
Queen Esther invites the king and Haman to a private wine banquet. What Haman doesn't know is that she is Jewish, and she is Mordecai's cousin. He shows up strutting, certain the queen only has eyes for him.
Then the king asks Esther what she wants. She names her enemy and points across the table.
"An adversary. This wicked Haman."
The room stops. The king storms out to cool off, and Haman, panicking, throws himself onto Esther's couch to beg. The king walks back in at exactly the wrong second, sees a man on his wife's couch, and the order comes down. They hang Haman on the very pole he built for Mordecai.
What We Learn
The pole was custom-made. Seventy-five feet of intentional cruelty with one man's name carved into it. Haman didn't fall into someone else's trap. He fell into the one he built himself.
Watch what you're building this week. It usually has your name on it too.
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