8. let royal apparel be brought that the king himself has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal insignia on its head.
9. Let the apparel and horse for this man be handled by one of the king’s noble officials in order to dress the man whom the king delights to honor, as well as to lead him on horseback throughout the city. Finally, let him proclaim before him, ‘Like this it shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.’ ”
10. Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so for Mordecai, the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. Of everything you have spoken, do not fall short of any of it.”
11. So Haman took the apparel and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, led him on horseback throughout the city, and proclaimed before him, “Like this it shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.”
12. As Mordecai returned again to the king’s gate, Haman hurried to his house, mourning with his head covered.
13. Haman recounted to his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him.Then his wise friends and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish lineage, then you will not be victorious over him. Rather, you will surely fall before him.”
14. While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.