Elijah Runs from Jezebel

19 Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and ^[a](A)how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ² Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “^(B)So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your ^[b]life as the ^[c]life of one of them by about this time tomorrow.” ³ And he ^[d]was afraid and arose and ^[e]ran for his ^[f]life and came to ^(C)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there.

¹⁰ And he said, “^(A)I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, ^(B)pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And ^(C)I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

¹⁴ Then he said, “^(A)I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

³⁴ “^(A)On account of this, behold, ^(B)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will ^(C)flog in your synagogues, and ^(D)persecute from city to city,

Lament over Jerusalem

³⁷ “^(A)Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who ^(B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, ^(C)the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you did not want it.