The Pulpit Commentary on Esther 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Mordecai … stood not up, nor moved for him. Originally Mordecai bad merely declined to prostrate himself before Haman on religious grounds. Now he looked upon Haman as his personal enemy, and would not even acknowledge his presence.

There is nothing more galling than such utter contempt shown openly in the presence of others.

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