12 Afterward Morʹde·cai returned to the king’s gate.+ As for Haʹman, he hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.+

3 And their majestic ones themselves have sent their insignificant* ones for water.+ They have come to the ditches. They have found no water.+ They have returned with their vessels empty. They have been put to shame+ and have been disappointed, and they have covered their head.+