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Esther 1:16 (NIRV)

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16 Then Memucan gave a reply to the king and the nobles. He said, "Queen Vashti has done what is wrong. But she didn't do it only against you, King Xerxes. She did it also against all of the nobles. And she did it against the people in all of the territories you rule over.

Definition(s):
Memucan (Mem-ookh-an): impoverished; to prepare; certain; true
Vashti (Vash-tee): that drinks; thread