Esther 1:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

This very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will rebel against the king’s officials, and there will be no end of contempt and wrath!

Cross References

1 Kings 11:3

Among his wives were seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart.

Esther 1:17

For this deed of the queen will be made known to all women, causing them to look with contempt on their husbands, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’

Esther 1:19

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.

Judges 5:29

Her wisest ladies make answer; indeed, she answers the question herself: