1 Kings 22:8
8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”1 Kings 22:18
18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, a“Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”2 Chronicles 16:9-10
9 bFor the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those cwhose heart is blameless ▼▼Or whole
toward him. eYou have done foolishly in this, for from now on fyou will have wars.” 10Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him gin the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time. 2 Chronicles 24:20-22
Joash’s Treachery
20 hThen the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ithe son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, j‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? kBecause you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21But lthey conspired against him, mand by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see nand avenge!” ▼▼Hebrew and seek
2 Chronicles 25:15-16
15Therefore the Lord was angry with Amaziah and sent to him a prophet, who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of a people pwho did not deliver their own people from your hand?” 16But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that qGod has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”Isaiah 28:12
12to whom he has said,r“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 33:9-11
9 sThe land mourns and languishes;Lebanon is confounded and withers away;
Sharon is like a desert,
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 t“Now I will arise,” says the Lord,
“now I will lift myself up;
now I will be exalted.
11 uYou conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
your breath is va fire that will consume you.
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