¹⁶ Now it happened that as he was talking with him, ^[a]the king said to him, “Have we given you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

⁴ “Do not be ^(A)like your fathers, to whom the ^(B)former prophets called out, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “^(C)Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did ^(D)not listen or give heed to Me,” declares Yahweh.