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If there is one consistent theme throughout the Bible, it is that God abhors arrogance and perceives it to be the cause of tremendous evil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For villains such as Pharaoh and Haman, arrogance is the defining characteristic of their personality. Pharaoh, the god king of Egypt, after witnessing God\u2019s many miracles, still refuses to acknowledge there is a power greater than himself in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The same is true for Haman. He cannot abide that Mordechai refuses to bow down before him, and in his narcissism, he resolves to destroy the entire Jewish people. However, it is important to note that the arrogance of Pharaoh and Haman is not only the cause of their wickedness but also the source of their undoing, as it says in Proverbs (18:2), \u201cBefore his downfall the heart is proud.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The same is true with the evil kingdom of Babylonia, who destroyed the Temple, exiled the Jewish people, and then oppressed them. In this chapter, God speaks directly to their arrogance and states (47:10) \u201c<\/span>You were secure in your wickedness; You thought, \u2018No one can see me.\u2019 It was your skill and your science that led you astray. And you thought to yourself, \u2018I am, and there is none but me.\u2019\u201d The true danger of arrogance, God explains, is that it prevents any kind of critical self-reflection. To be arrogant is to be convinced of one\u2019s rightness even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this specific case, God highlights the \u2018skill and science\u2019 of Babylonia, perhaps the most sophisticated culture of the time. Babylonia believed that it was the peak of civilization and therefore none could truly oppose it. In reality, it was an idolatrous culture destined to fall, and <\/span>they receive their comeuppance when Cyrus, king of Persia, crushes their empire.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Talmud (Sotah 5a) states that God cannot dwell in the same world with one who is arrogant, as God makes clear (Psalms101:5) \u2018I cannot endure the haughty and proud man.\u2019 The reason for this is simple. 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