As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—oracle of the Lord—I will repay you for it in that very plot of ground—oracle of the Lord. So now take him and throw him into this plot of ground, in keeping with the word of the Lord.” Death of Ahaziah of Judah.
All my valiant warriors my Lord has cast away; He proclaimed a feast against me to crush my young men; My Lord has trodden in the wine press virgin daughter Judah.
When my enemy sees this, shame shall cover her: She who said to me, “Where is the Lord, your God?” My eyes shall see her downfall; now she will be trampled underfoot, like mud in the streets.
Together they will be like warriors, trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will wage war because the Lord is with them, and will put the horsemen to shame.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
Do you not think that a much worse punishment is due the one who has contempt for the Son of God, considers unclean the covenant-blood by which he was consecrated, and insults the spirit of grace?