²² “The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit^(A) in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then he said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail.^(B) Go and do that.’

⁹ “‘But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, the Lord, who deceived that prophet.^(A) I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.^(B)

¹¹ For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,