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The third acrostic I to be found in this section of Esther, in the words, where is he and who is he? This time it is not the name of Jehovah but I AM. Hue Zeh Vey Zeh. Est. 7:5 The fourth will be found in relation to the emotion of fear found in Haman. He saw that there was evil determined against him. Ky Kalethah Elayv Haraíah. YHVY, or Jehovah. Companion Bible.
ìThen Haman was afraid.î This is worded in such a mild manner. Haman was overwhelmed by all the physical and emotional reactions of a moment like this. Anyone who has ever had extreme fear and experienced the reaction which accompanies it can know the desperate feelings of Haman at this instant. Est. 7:6.
On the other hand, the king was filled with wrath. He now saw Haman in a different light. Instead of being a friend and a trusted confident, he was a scheming, conniving person. Ahasuerus retired to his garden, a place of solitude and relaxation. There he could thoroughly meditate on this sudden and dramatic turn of events. He had been led by the hatred of Haman against the Jews into making a decision to destroy them, which he now resented. We are warned not to be partakers of the sins of others. 1 Tim. 5:22 It is in human nature to involve innocent people in their disagreements and quarrels against another person. Unfortunately, making them a partner in a matter with which they had no part. The king had been extremely unwise in allowing Haman to involve him in what would have amounted to the murder of a whole race of people.
Haman the merciless murder is diminished to a groveling individual begging Esther to show mercy and to spare him from further punishment. What a change of events and attitude. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. What a tremendous example of just such a reward we find being enacted here in Esther. Est. 7:7.