“Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.”
Then Haman took the robe and the horse, and he robed Mordecai and paraded him on horseback through the streets of the city, proclaiming before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor, demonstrating Haman's grudging compliance with the king's command and the humiliating reversal where Haman himself must bestow the honors on his enemy and publicly proclaim his honor. This moment of Haman being forced to become the instrument of Mordecai's elevation represents the beginning of Haman's downfall and the vindication of Mordecai, even as the threat to all the Jews remains technically in effect. The verse illustrates how God often uses the hands of those who intend evil to accomplish purposes that benefit the righteous.
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