⁸ So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.”

And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say such things!”

¹⁴ I have given them Your word; ^(A)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^(B)just as I am not of the world.

^7 (A)The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me ^(B)because I testify of it that its works are evil.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, ^(A)that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For ^(B)everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. ²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been ^(C)done in God.”

⁴ Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, ^(A)let this man be put to death, for thus he ^[a]weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the ^[b]welfare of this people, but their harm.”

The Witnesses Killed

⁷ When they ^(A)finish their testimony, ^(B)the beast that ascends ^(C)out of the bottomless pit ^(D)will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. ⁸ And their dead bodies will lie in the street of ^(E)the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, ^(F)where also ^[a]our Lord was crucified. ^9 (G)Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations ^[b]will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, ^(H)and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. ^10 (I)And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make merry, ^(J)and send gifts to one another, ^(K)because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

¹⁶ Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?