And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him, demonstrating Haman's account of his humiliation to his inner circle and their immediate recognition that his ability to overcome Mordecai is now in jeopardy. This counsel from Zeresh and Haman's wise men suggests that they perceive the reversal as an omen of his ultimate defeat and that they recognize some connection between Mordecai's Jewish identity and the power that appears to protect him. The verse hints at a providential protection of God's people that is becoming visible even in the course of worldly events.

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