2 Chronicles 18:10

Easy To Read Version

Zedekiah was the son of a man named Kenaanah. Zedekiah made some horns from iron. Zedekiah said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You will use these iron horns to stab the Aramean people until they are destroyed.”

Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

One of the prophets was named Zedekiah. He was the son of Kenaanah. Zedekiah made some iron horns. [229] Then he said to Ahab, “The Lord says, ‘You will use these iron horns to fight against the army of Aram. You will defeat them and destroy them.’”

2 Chronicles 18:11

All the prophets said the same thing. They said, “Go to the town of Ramoth Gilead. You will have success and win. The Lord will let the king defeat the Aramean people.”

2 Chronicles 18:9

Ahab the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah had their kings’ robes on. They were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor {\cf2\super [214]} near the front gate of the city of Samaria. Those 400 prophets were speaking their messages in front of the two kings.

Jeremiah 23:17

Some of the people hate\par the real messages from the Lord.\par So those prophets give a different message\par to those people.\par They say,\par ‘You will have peace.’\par Some of the people are very stubborn.\par They do only the things they want to do.\par So those prophets say,\par ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’\par

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets.\par But they ran \{to tell their messages\}.\par I did not speak to them.\par But they preached in my name.\par

Jeremiah 23:25

“There are prophets that preach lies in my name. They say, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’ I heard them say those things.

Jeremiah 23:31

I am against the false prophets.” This message is from the Lord. “They use their own words and pretend that it is a message from me.

Jeremiah 27:2

This is what the Lord said to me: “Jeremiah, make a yoke {\cf2\super [211]} out of straps and poles. Put that yoke on the back of your neck.

Jeremiah 29:21

The Lord All-Powerful says this about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah: “These two men have been preaching lies to you. They have said that their message is from me. \{But they were lying.\} I will give those two prophets to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And Nebuchadnezzar will kill those prophets in front of all you people that are captives in Babylon.

Ezekiel 13:7

“‘False prophets, the visions you saw were not true. You did your magic and said things would happen. But you lied! You said that the Lord said those things. But I did not speak to you!’”

Ezekiel 22:28

“The prophets \{don’t warn the people—they cover up the truth. They are like workers that don’t really fix a wall\}—they only put plaster over the holes. They only see lies. They do their magic to learn the future, but they only tell lies. They say, ‘The Lord my Master said these things.’ But they are only lying—the Lord did not speak to them!

2 Timothy 3:8

Remember Jannes and Jambres. {\cf2\super [17]} They were against Moses. {\cf2\super [18]} It is the same with these people. They are against the truth. They are people whose thinking has been confused. They have failed in trying to follow the faith.