And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad. He is Micaiah the son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so.”

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27 and say, ‘This is what the king says: “(A)Put this man in prison, and feed him enough bread and water to survive until I [a]return safely.”’”

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  1. 1 Kings 22:27 Lit come in peace

30 They (A)did not accept my advice,
They disdainfully rejected every rebuke from me.

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18 Woe to those who drag (A)wrongdoing with the cords of [a]deceit,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19 (B)Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it;
And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”

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  1. Isaiah 5:18 Or worthlessness

Judah Is Warned

14 Therefore, (A)hear the word of the Lord, you (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 shackles will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [a]God of armies
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, ‘This is what the Lord says: “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 mankind and animals disappear from it?’”

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  1. Jeremiah 36:29 Lit saying

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