Ahab Condemned

³⁵ Now a certain man of ^(A)the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor ^(B)by the word of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” And the man refused to strike him.

¹⁵ Now when the sons of the prophets who were ^(A)from^[a] Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.

¹⁷ For ^[a]I have been told ^(A)by the word of the Lord, ‘You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came.’ ”

¹⁸ He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (He was lying to him.)

² “Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, ^(A)and put them on your neck, ³ and send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him^(A)

^24 (B)Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and ^(C)follow Me.

¹⁴ Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah:

³ Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be ^(A)besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. ^(B)This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

² at the same time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove ^(A)the sackcloth from your ^[a]body, and take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, ^(B)walking naked and barefoot.

³ Then the Lord said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years ^(C)for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and Ethiopia,