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2 Chronicles 18:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man, of whom we may ask the will of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good to me, but always evil. And it is Micheas the son of Jemla. And Josaphat said: Speak not thus, O king.

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The house of Jacob saith: Is the spirit of the Lord straitened, or are these his thoughts? Are not my words good to him that walketh uprightly?

They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.

Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Who say to the seers: See not. And to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right. Speak unto us pleasant things: see errors for us.

And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee, because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

Am I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.

But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words. For this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.

And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremias, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

Bloodthirsty men hate the upright: but just men seek his soul.

As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.

Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said: Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.

And Micheas answered him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that will I speak.

And when Joram saw Jehu, he said: Is there peace, Jehu? And he answered: What peace? So long as the fornications of Jezabel thy mother, and her many sorceries are in their vigour.

And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant. They have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left: and they seek my life to take it away.

For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water.

And the king of Israel said to Josaphat: There is one man left, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micheas the son of Jemla; but I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good to me, but evil. And Josaphat said: Speak not so, O king.

And Josaphat said: Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire also of him?

And the king of Israel called one of the eunuchs, and said to him: Call quickly Micheas the son of Jemla.




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