2 Kings 8:10-12

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¹⁰ But Elisha told him, “Go tell him, ‘You will certainly recover,’ but the Lord has shown me that he will certainly die.” ¹¹ Then Elisha^[a] looked steadily at Hazael^[b] until Hazael grew ashamed, and then the man of God began to cry.

¹² “Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked.

“Because I know the evil that you’re about to bring on the Israelis,” he replied. “You’ll burn down their fortified cities, execute their young men with swords, dash to pieces their little ones, and you’ll tear open their pregnant women!”