John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry her.”
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
Give him this message: ‘This is what the Lord says: Wasn’t it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!’”
The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.
To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.
Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
So Jeremiah the prophet delivered the message to King Zedekiah of Judah.
“Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, for this would violate your brother.
“If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.
John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.”