The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

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27 and say, ‘Thus says the king, “(A)Put this man in prison and feed him [a]sparingly with bread and water until I return safely.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:27 Lit with bread of affliction and water of affliction

30 “They (A)would not accept my counsel,
They spurned all my reproof.

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18 Woe to those who drag (A)iniquity with the cords of [a]falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19 (B)Who say, “Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:18 Or worthlessness

Judah Is Warned

14 Therefore, (A)hear the word of the Lord, O (B)scoffers,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

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22 And now do not carry on as (A)scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [a]God of hosts
Of decisive (B)destruction on all the earth.

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  1. Isaiah 28:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “You have (A)burned this scroll, saying, ‘(B)Why have you written on it [a]that the (C)king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will make man and beast to cease from it?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:29 Lit saying