7. And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
8. Let royal apparel be brought which the king has worn and the horse which the king has ridden, and a royal crown be set on his head.
9. And let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes. Let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and conduct him on horseback through the open square of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
10. Then the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have spoken.
11. Then Haman took the apparel and the horse and conducted Mordecai on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
12. Then Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
13. And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you cannot prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
14. While they were yet talking with him, the king's attendants came and hastily brought Haman to the dinner that Esther had prepared.