If it is good to the king, let there be a royal word from him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media so that it shall not pass away, that Vashti not come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal power to another who is better than she is.
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, for it is great, and all the wives shall give their husbands honor, both the small and the great.
And he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to people and people, according to their language, so that every man be ruling in his house; and speaking according to the language of his people.