But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the LORD had told me.
David said, “Nahash was kind to me, and I will be kind to his son.” So he sent some officials to the country of Ammon to tell Hanun how sorry he was that his father had died.
and sent Nathan the prophet to tell David, “The LORD will call him Jedidiah.”
Everyone in Israel came and mourned at his funeral, just as the LORD's servant Ahijah had said.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years.
Moses begged, “LORD, please send someone else to do it.”
Sending a message by a fool is like chopping off your foot and drinking poison.
A ruler who listens to lies will have corrupt officials.
to say to King Zedekiah: I am the LORD, and I am going to let Nebuchadnezzar capture this city and burn it down.
And now, you evil and wicked ruler of Israel, your day of final punishment is almost here.
I spoke to the prophets— often I spoke in visions. And so, I will send my prophets with messages of doom.
Aaron and his sons obeyed everything that the LORD had told Moses they must do.
So if you don't obey these rules, you are not really disobeying us. You are disobeying God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.