Whoever digs a pit for others will fall into it. Whoever tries to roll a boulder down on others will be crushed by it.
So they hanged Haman on the platform he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king was not so angry anymore.
But when the king learned of the evil plan, he sent out written orders that the evil plans Haman had made against the Jewish people would be used against him. And those orders said that Haman and his sons should be hanged on the platform.
Proudly the wicked chase down those who suffer. Let them be caught in their own traps.
They set a trap for me. I am very worried. They dug a pit in my path, but they fell into it themselves.Selah
The nations have fallen into the pit they dug. Their feet are caught in the nets they laid.
Those who lead good people to do wrong will be ruined by their own evil, but the innocent will be rewarded with good things.
An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways; the ropes of his sins will tie him up.
Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it; anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;
But how terrible it will be for the wicked! They will be punished for all the wrong they have done.
This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. The things they say and do are against the Lord; they turn against him.