But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.