²¹ Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents and siblings, by relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.^{(A) 17} You will be hated by all because of my name.^(B)

⁵¹ Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!^{(A) 52} From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; ⁵³ they will be divided:

¹² Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,^{(A) 13} and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.^(B)

¹⁰ Then many will fall away,^[a] and they will betray one another and hate one another.^(A)

Not Peace, but a Sword

³⁴ “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.^(A)

³ And if any prophets appear again, their fathers and mothers who bore them will say to them, “You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord,” and their fathers and their mothers who bore them shall pierce them through when they prophesy.^(A)

17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight. ² I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,^{(A) 3} and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,^[a] and all the people will be at peace.” ⁴ The advice pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.