Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to your father’s prophets or to your mother’s.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.”
Jeremiah 37:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you or against this land? American Standard Version (1901) Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? Common English Bible Where are your prophets now who prophesied that the king of Babylon wouldn’t attack you and this land? Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king. Let my petition prevail in your sight. And do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now therefore hear, I beseech thee, my lord the king. Let my petition be accepted in thy sight: and send me not back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. |
Elisha said to the king of Israel, “What have I to do with you? Go to your father’s prophets or to your mother’s.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.”
But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them come, if they can save you, in your time of trouble, for you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
They keep saying to those who despise the word of the Lord, “It shall be well with you,” and to all who stubbornly follow their own stubborn hearts, they say, “No calamity shall come upon you.”
Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and has led you to trust in a lie,
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
They have treated the wound of the daughter of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes but have seen oracles for you that are false and misleading.
Mortal, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying; say to those who prophesy out of their own imaginations: “Hear the word of the Lord!”
They have envisioned falsehood and lying divination; they say, “Says the Lord,” when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they wait for the fulfillment of their word!
who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their libations? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your protection!