The horseman rode out to meet Jehu, and he said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is all in order?’ ” Jehu said, “Why bother yourself with order? Come along behind me.” The lookout reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
Then Joram sent out a second horseman. This rider came to Jehu’s group and said, “This is what the king says: ‘Is all in order?’ ” Jehu answered, “Why bother yourself with order? Come along behind me.”
All of you people in faraway places, listen to me. Listen, all you nations far away. Before I was born, the Lord called me to serve him. The Lord named me while I was still in my mother’s womb.
“They will go out and see the dead bodies of the people who sinned against me. The worms that eat them will never die, and the fires that burn them will never stop, and everyone will hate to see those bodies.”
