And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men, and Zeresh his wife, to him: 'If Mordechai, before whom you have begun to fall, be an offspring of the Jews, you will not prevail against him, but will surely fall before him. (6:13) There is a difficulty here. Haman came to Zeresh and his wise friends for advice on how to be saved, and proceeded to tell him of his impending fall! What kind of soothing and consoling advice was this?
The answer is they knew that Haman would never succeed in waging a war against Mordechai. However they advised him that he could at least salvage his own life. "If Mordechai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish lineage, then he has a merciful heart. Tell him you regret that you wanted to harm the Yidden and then Mordechai will forgive you." Their words "fall before him” imply: fall yes, but for forgiveness. However, Hashem had different plans for him, and right away Haman, while they were still speaking with him, the king’s men arrived and hurriedly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. Haman had no time to plead to Mordechai. When Hashem sends salvation, it arrives very hurriedly! When Hashem redeemed the Yidden from Egypt it says "for you departed from the land of Egypt hurriedly." So too will be the redemption from our Golus: Very hurriedly and sudden.
(Yehuda Z. Klitnick)
