⁴⁶ Mortal, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb;^(A)

² Mortal, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel^(A)

¹³ but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”^(A)

¹⁵ And the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you made this people trust in a lie.^{(A) 16} Therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to send you off the face of the earth. Within this year you will be dead, for you have spoken rebellion against the Lord.”^(B)

¹⁷ In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.

¹⁹ Then Micaiah^[a] said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the host of heaven standing beside him to the right and to the left of him.^(A)

¹⁶ Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” He replied, “Speak.”