And Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king is delighting to honor? And Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
And it happened as he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, even his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword. And they escaped into the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Your dreadfulness has deceived you, the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill; though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, a statement of Jehovah.
And the proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall burn up everything round about him.
Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I have cast you to the ground. I will put you before kings, that they may see you.
And the land of Egypt shall become for a desolation and a waste, and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he has said, The River is mine, and I have made it.