Decree Edict Empire Greatest Honor Honour Husbands Kingdom King's Least Low Maketh Order Proclaimed Public Published Realm Respect Sentence Though Throughout Vast Wives Women
1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is {o} great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
(o) For he had under him a hundred and twenty-seven countries.
1:10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for Esther to the crown, and defeated Haman's wicked project, even before it had entered into his heart, and he arrived at his power. Let us rejoice that the Lord reigns, and will overrule the madness or folly of mankind to promote his own glory, and the safety and happiness of his people.
Decree Edict Empire Great Heard High Honor Honour Husbands Kingdom King's Low Order Proclaimed Public Published Realm Respect Small Throughout Vast Wives Women
Decree Edict Empire Great Heard High Honor Honour Husbands Kingdom King's Low Order Proclaimed Public Published Realm Respect Small Throughout Vast Wives Women
