Esther 1:13-19

13Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to 1the wiseH2450 menH2450 2who understoodH3045 the timesH6256--for it was the customH1697 of the kingH4428 soH3651 to speak beforeH6440 allH3605 who knewH3045 lawH1881 and justiceH1779

14and were closeH7138 to him: CarshenaH3771, ShetharH8369, AdmathaH133, TarshishH8659, MeresH4825, MarsenaH4826 and MemucanH4462, the sevenH7651 princesH8269 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 3who 4had accessH7200 to the king’sH4428 presenceH6440 and satH3427 in the firstH7223 place in the kingdomH4438--

15“According to lawH1881, whatH4100 is to be doneH6213 with QueenH4436 VashtiH2060, becauseH5921H834 she did not 5obeyH6213 the commandH3982 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325 delivered by the eunuchsH5631?”

16In the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428 and the princesH8269, MemucanH4462 saidH559, “QueenH4436 VashtiH2060 has wrongedH5753 not onlyH905 the kingH4428 but also allH3605 the princesH8269 and allH3605 the peoplesH5971 whoH834 are in allH3605 the provincesH4082 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325.

17For the queen’sH4436 conductH1697 will 6becomeH3318 knownH3318 to allH3605 the womenH802 causing them 7to lookH5869 with contemptH959 on their husbandsH1167 by sayingH559, ‘KingH4428 AhasuerusH325 commandedH559 QueenH4436 VashtiH2060 to be broughtH935 in to his presenceH6440, but she did not comeH935.’

18ThisH2088 dayH3117 the ladiesH8282 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 whoH834 have heardH8085 of the queen’sH4436 conductH1697 will speakH559 in the same way to allH3605 the king’sH4428 princesH8269, and there will be plentyH1767 of contemptH963 and angerH7110.

19IfH518 it pleasesH2895 the kingH4428, let a royalH4438 8edictH1697 be issuedH3318 by him and let it be writtenH3789 in the lawsH1881 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 so 9that it cannotH3808 10be repealedH5674, that VashtiH2060 may noH3808 longer comeH935 into the presenceH6440 of KingH4428 AhasuerusH325, and let the kingH4428 giveH5414 her royalH4438 positionH4438 to 11anotherH7468 who is moreH4480 worthyH2896 thanH4480 she.