“Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.”
And Mordecai returned to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered, demonstrating the contrast between Mordecai, who returns to the king's gate elevated and honored, and Haman, who hurries home in mourning and shame. This physical contrast of their movements and states—Mordecai returning to the gate in honor, Haman hurrying home in shame—represents a dramatic reversal of their positions and suggests that the momentum of the narrative has shifted decisively against Haman. The verse shows how Providence works to overturn positions of power and prestige, raising up the humble and bringing low the proud.
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