Esther 1:15-17

Lexham English Bible

¹⁵ “According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by^[a] the eunuchs? ¹⁶ And Memucan said before the king and the officials, “Not only has Queen Vashti done wrong to the king, but to all the officials and all of the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. ¹⁷ For this deed of the queen will be known^[b] to all the women, causing them to look with contempt on their husbands,^[c] as they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him but she did not come!’