John had been telling Herod, “It’s not right for you to be married to her.”
“You are the man!” Nathan told David. “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: I anointed you king over Israel and rescued you from Saul.
Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord asks: Have you murdered someone just to confiscate ⌞a vineyard⌟?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: At the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lick up your blood.’ ”
A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.
Those who abandon ⌞God’s⌟ teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow ⌞God’s⌟ teachings oppose wicked people.
They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people don’t speak these words, it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.
The prophet Jeremiah told all these things to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.
Never have sexual intercourse with your sister-in-law. She is your brother’s wife.
Whoever marries his brother’s wife violates his brother’s marriage and does an unclean thing. That man and woman will have no children.
John had been telling Herod, “It’s not right for you to be married to your brother’s wife.”