1Ki 22:19-23, Amo 3:1, 8, Mic 3:8-12 | ESV | STEP | And Micaiah said , Therefore hear the word of the Lord : I saw the Lord sitting on his throne , and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left ;

1 Kings 22:19-23

19 And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: ^aI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, ^band all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20 and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21 Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22 And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ^ca lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23 Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”

Amos 3:1

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

1 ^dHear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

Amos 3:8

8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
^eThe Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”

Micah 3:8-12

8 But as for me, ^fI am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob ^ghis transgression
and to Israel his sin.
9 ^hHear this, you heads of the house of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel,
ⁱwho detest justice
and make crooked all that is straight,
10 ^jwho build Zion with blood
and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 ^kIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^lits priests teach for a price;
^mits prophets practice divination for money;
ⁿyet they lean on the Lord and ^osay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^pNo disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
^qZion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem ^rshall become a heap of ruins,
and ^sthe mountain of the house ^ta wooded height.