So Sovereign Dareyawesh signed the written interdict.
Do not put your trust in princes, In a son of man, in whom is no deliverance.
It is better to take refuge in יהוה Than to trust in princes.
Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for in what is he to be reckoned upon?
Have been snared by the words of your own mouth, Have been caught by the words of your mouth –
“If it pleases the sovereign, let a royal decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it does not pass away, that Vashti shall come no more before Sovereign Aḥ
