Esther 1:15-17

The Voice

King Ahasuerus: ¹⁵ Queen Vashti has blatantly defied me and refused the order I gave her through my assistants! Tell me, good men, what do the laws of this land suggest should be done to a queen who has disobeyed her king?

Memucan (before the king and nobles): ¹⁶ Your queen has wronged you, my king. She has also offended every noble of the land and all the people who reside in your provinces. Something must be done! ¹⁷ If we don’t act quickly, every woman in this kingdom will hear about Queen Vashti’s disrespect for you and they will follow her example in dishonoring their husbands. I can hear the women now, talking among each other: “Why should we listen to our husbands when Queen Vashti doesn’t come when King Ahasuerus calls for her?”