Esther 1:16-18

The Voice

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?” ¹⁸ This day the noble women of Persia and Media who hear what the queen has done will respond in kind to your nobles, and there will be chaos all across the land.