Esther 1:16-22

16And MemucanH4462 answered before the kingH4428 and the princesH8269, VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 hath not done wrong to the kingH4428 onlyH905, but also to all the princesH8269, and to all the peoplesH5971 that are in all the provincesH4082 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325. 17For this deed of the queenH4436 will comeH935 abroad unto all womenH802, to make their husbandsH1167 contemptible in their eyesH5869, when it shall be reported, The kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 commanded VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 to be broughtH935 in before him, but she cameH935 not. 18And this dayH3117 will the princesses of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 who have heardH8085 of the deed of the queenH4436 sayH559 the like unto all the king’sH4428 princesH8269. So will there arise much contempt and wrathH7110. 19If it please the kingH4428, let there goH3318 forthH3318 a royal commandment from him, and let it be writtenH3789 among the lawsH1881 of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that VashtiH2060 comeH935 no moreH4480 before kingH4428 AhasuerusH325; and let the kingH4428 giveH5414 her royal estate unto another that is betterH2896 than she. 20And when the king’sH4428 decree which he shall makeH5414 shall be published throughout all his kingdomH4438 (for it is greatH1419), all the wivesH802 will giveH5414 to their husbandsH1167 honorH3366, both to greatH1419 and smallH6996. 21And the saying pleased the kingH4428 and the princesH8269; and the kingH4428 did according to the wordH1697 of MemucanH4462: 22for he sentH7971 lettersH5612 into all the king’sH4428 provincesH4082, into every provinceH4082 according to the writing thereof, and to every peopleH5971 after their languageH3956, that every manH376 should bear ruleH8323 in his own houseH1004, and should speakH1696 according to the languageH3956 of his peopleH5971.