Esther 1:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
18 This very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behaviour will rebel against[a] the king’s officials, and there will be no end of contempt and wrath! 19 If it pleases the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honour to their husbands, high and low alike.’
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- Esther 1:18 Cn: Heb will tell
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