The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous. — The righteous is “delivered out of trouble (Proverbs 11:8; comp. Isaiah 57:1), and the wicked cometh in his stead” to receive upon his own head God’s descending punishment. So it was with Mordecai and Haman.
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Proverbs 21:18
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.