Esther 1:9-22

9Also VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 madeH6213 a feastH4960 for the womenH802 in the royalH4438 houseH1004 which belonged to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325.

10On the seventhH7637 dayH3117, when the heartH3820 of the kingH4428 was merryH2896 with wineH3196, he commandedH559 MehumanH4104, BizthaH968, HarbonaH2726, BigthaH903, and AbagthaH5, ZetharH2242, and CarcasH3752, the sevenH7651 chamberlainsH5631 that servedH8334 in the presenceH6440 of AhasuerusH325 the kingH4428,1 11To bringH935 VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 with the crownH3804 royalH4438, to showH7200 the peopleH5971 and the princesH8269 her beautyH3308: for she was fairH2896 to look onH4758.2 12But the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 refusedH3985 to comeH935 at the king’sH4428 commandmentH1697 byH3027 his chamberlainsH5631: therefore was the kingH4428 veryH3966 angryH7107, and his angerH2534 burnedH1197 in him.3 13Then the kingH4428 saidH559 to the wise menH2450, who knewH3045 the timesH6256, (for so was the king’sH4428 mannerH1697 towardH6440 all that knewH3045 lawH1881 and judgmentH1779: 14And the nextH7138 to him was CarshenaH3771, ShetharH8369, AdmathaH133, TarshishH8659, MeresH4825, MarsenaH4826, and MemucanH4462, the sevenH7651 princesH8269 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074, who sawH7200 the king’sH4428 faceH6440, and who satH3427 in the first placeH7223 in the kingdomH4438;) 15What shall we doH6213 to the queenH4436 VashtiH2060 according to lawH1881, because she hath not performedH6213 the commandmentH3982 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 byH3027 the chamberlainsH5631?4 16And MemucanH4462 answeredH559 beforeH6440 the kingH4428 and the princesH8269, VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 hath not done wrongH5753 to the kingH4428 only, but also to all the princesH8269, and to all the peopleH5971 that are in all the provincesH4082 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325. 17For this deedH1697 of the queenH4436 shall become knownH3318 to all womenH802, so that they shall lookH5869 with contempt uponH959 their husbandsH1167, when it shall be reportedH559, The kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 commandedH559 VashtiH2060 the queenH4436 to be brought inH935 beforeH6440 him, but she cameH935 not. 18Likewise shall the ladiesH8282 of PersiaH6539 and MediaH4074 sayH559 this dayH3117 to all the king’sH4428 princesH8269, who have heardH8085 of the deedH1697 of the queenH4436. Thus shall there arise too muchH1767 contemptH963 and wrathH7110. 19If it pleasethH2895 the kingH4428, let a royalH4438 commandmentH1697 goH3318 from himH6440, and let it be writtenH3789 among the lawsH1881 of the PersiansH6539 and the MedesH4074, that it be not alteredH5674, That VashtiH2060 comeH935 no more beforeH6440 kingH4428 AhasuerusH325; and let the kingH4428 giveH5414 her royal estateH4438 to anotherH7468 that is betterH2896 than she.5678 20And when the king’sH4428 decreeH6599 which he shall makeH6213 shall be proclaimedH8085 throughout all his empireH4438, (for it is greatH7227,) all the wivesH802 shall giveH5414 to their husbandsH1167 honourH3366, both to greatH1419 and smallH6996. 21And the sayingH1697 pleasedH3190H5869 the kingH4428 and the princesH8269; and the kingH4428 didH6213 according to the wordH1697 of MemucanH4462:9 22For he sentH7971 lettersH5612 into all the king’sH4428 provincesH4082, into every provinceH4082 according to the writingH3791 of it, and to every peopleH5971 after their languageH3956, that every manH376 should bear ruleH8323 in his own houseH1004, and that it should be proclaimedH1696 in the languageH3956 of every peopleH5971.10