You shall strikethe houseof Ahabyour master,that I may avengethe bloodof My servantsthe prophets,and the bloodof allthe servantsof the LORD,at the handof Jezebel.
for when Jezebeldestroyedthe prophetsof the LORD,Obadiahtooka hundredprophetsand hidthem by fiftiesin a cave,and providedthem with breadand water.)
When Jezebelheardthat Nabothhad been stonedand was dead,Jezebelsaidto Ahab,"Arise,takepossessionof the vineyardof Naboth,the Jezreelite,whichhe refusedto giveyou for money;for Nabothis not alive,but dead."
"Behold,I will bringevilupon you, and will utterlysweepyou away,and will cutofffrom Ahabeverymale,both bondand freein Israel;
Surelythere was noone like Ahabwhosoldhimself to doevilin the sightof the LORD,becauseJezebelhis wifeincitedhim.
"Knowthenthat there shall fallto the earthnothingof the wordof the LORD,whichthe LORDspokeconcerningthe houseof Ahab,for the LORDhas donewhatHe spokethroughHis servantElijah."
So Jehukilledallwho remainedof the houseof Ahabin Jezreel,and allhis greatmenand his acquaintancesand his priests,untilhe lefthim withouta survivor.
Now the destructionof Ahaziahwas from God,in that he wentto Joram.For when he came,he wentout with JehoramagainstJehuthe sonof Nimshi,whomthe LORDhad anointedto cutoffthe houseof Ahab.
to listento the wordsof My servantsthe prophets,whomI have been sendingto you againand again,but you have not listened;
sothat upon you may fall[the guilt of] allthe righteousbloodshedon earth,from the bloodof righteousAbelto the bloodof Zechariah,the sonof Berechiah,whomyou murderedbetweenthe templeand the altar.
Nevertakeyour ownrevenge,beloved,but leaveroomfor the wrath[of God], for it is written,"VENGEANCEIS MINE,I WILL REPAY,"saysthe Lord.
for it is a ministerof Godto you for good.But ifyou dowhatis evil,be afraid;for it does not bearthe swordfor nothing;for it is a ministerof God,an avengerwho brings wrathon the one who practicesevil.
Vengeanceis Mine, and retribution,In due timetheir footwill slip;For the dayof their calamityis near,And the impendingthingsare hasteningupon them.'
"Rejoice,O nations,[with] His people;For He will avengethe bloodof His servants,And will rendervengeanceon His adversaries,And will atonefor His land[and] His people."
For we knowHim who said,"VENGEANCEIS MINE,I WILL REPAY."And again,"THE LORDWILL JUDGEHIS PEOPLE."
"Rejoiceoverher, O heaven,and you saintsand apostlesand prophets,becauseGodhas pronouncedjudgmentfor you againsther."
BECAUSEHIS JUDGMENTSARE true AND RIGHTEOUS;for He has judgedthe greatharlotwhowas corruptingthe earthwith her immorality,and HE HAS AVENGEDTHE BLOODOF HIS BOND-SERVANTSON HER."
But I have[this] againstyou, that you toleratethe womanJezebel,who callsherselfa prophetess,and she teachesand leadsMy bond-servantsastrayso that they commit [acts of] immoralityand eatthings sacrificed to idols.
