When Ahijahheardthe soundof her feetcomingin the doorway,he said,"Comein, wifeof Jeroboam,whydo you pretendto be anotherwoman?For I am sentto you [with] a harsh[message].
Jeroboamsaidto his wife,"Arisenow,and disguiseyourself so that they will not knowthat you are the wifeof Jeroboam,and goto Shiloh;behold,Ahijahthe prophetis there,whospokeconcerningme [that I would be] kingoverthispeople.
Now the LORDhad saidto Ahijah,"Behold,the wifeof Jeroboamis comingto inquireof you concerningher son,for he is sick.You shall saythusand thusto her, for it will be when she arrivesthat she will pretendto be anotherwoman."
"Go,sayto Jeroboam,'Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,"BecauseI exaltedyou from amongthe peopleand madeyou leaderoverMy peopleIsrael,
He saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,'Becauseyou have letgoout of [your] handthe manwhom I had devotedto destruction,therefore your lifeshall gofor his life,and your peoplefor his people.'"
The kingof Israelsaidto Jehoshaphat,"There is yetonemanby whom we may inquireof the LORD,but I hatehim, becausehe does not prophesygoodconcerningme, but evil.[He is] Micaiahsonof Imlah."But Jehoshaphatsaid,"Let not the kingsayso."
"He capturesthe wiseby their own shrewdness,And the adviceof the cunningis quicklythwarted.
The LORDnullifiesthe counselof the nations;He frustratesthe plansof the peoples.
Thereis nowisdomand nounderstandingAnd nocounselagainstthe LORD.
"For the Sonof Man[is to] gojustas it is writtenof Him; but woeto that manby whomthe Sonof Manis betrayed![It would have been] goodfor that manifhe had not been born."
And there is nocreaturehiddenfrom His sight,but all thingsare openand laid bareto the eyesof Him with whomwe have to do.
Then Samuelsaidto Saul,"Wait,and let me tellyou whatthe LORDsaidto me last night."And he saidto him, "Speak!"
But Samuelsaidto Saul,"I will not returnwith you; for you have rejectedthe wordof the LORD,and the LORDhas rejectedyou from beingkingoverIsrael."
"As you did not obeythe LORDand did not executeHis fiercewrathon Amalek,sothe LORDhas donethisthingto you thisday.
