While this was happening, the officer went to find Micaiah. The officer found Micaiah and said to him, “All the other prophets have said that the king will succeed. So I tell you that the safest thing that you can do is to say the same thing.”
Hosea 7:3 - Easy To Read Version Their evil makes their king happy.\par Their false gods please their leaders.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. American Standard Version (1901) They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. Common English Bible By their wickedness they make the king glad, and give joy to the officials with their lies. Catholic Public Domain Version The king has rejoiced at their wickedness, and the leaders have rejoiced in their lies. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have made the king glad with their wickedness: and the princes with their lies. |
While this was happening, the officer went to find Micaiah. The officer found Micaiah and said to him, “All the other prophets have said that the king will succeed. So I tell you that the safest thing that you can do is to say the same thing.”
So Ahab called a meeting of the prophets. There were about 400 prophets at that time. Ahab asked the prophets, “Should I go and fight against the army of Aram at Ramoth? Or should I wait for another time?”
King Zedekiah, where are your prophets now? Those prophets preached a false message to you. They said, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land of Judah.’
The prophets tell lies.\par The priests will not do\par what they were chosen to do. {\cf2\super [36]} \par And my people love it this way!\par But what will you people do\par when your punishment comes?”\par
If only I had a place in the desert,\par a house where travelers spend the night,\par I could leave my people.\par I could go away from those people.\par Why? Because they are all unfaithful to God.\par They have all turned against him.\par
But you planted evil, and you harvested trouble. You ate the fruit of your lies. Why? Because you have trusted in your power and your soldiers.
Ephraim surrounded me with false gods.\par The people of Israel turned against me. {\cf2\super [124]} \{And they were destroyed!\}\par But Judah still walks with El. {\cf2\super [125]} \par Judah is true to the holy ones. {\cf2\super [126]} ”\par
The people swear, lie, kill, and steal. They do the sin of adultery, {\cf2\super [31]} and they have their babies. The people murder again and again. {\cf2\super [32]}
Ephraim {\cf2\super [61]} will be punished.\par He will be crushed and pressed like grapes.\par Why? Because he decided to follow filth.\par
On Our King’s Day,\par \{they make the fire hotter\}\par \{they give their drinking parties.\}\par The leaders become sick from the heat of wine.\par So the kings join hands with people\par that laugh at God.\par
Why? Because you obey the laws of Omri. {\cf2\super [78]} \par You do all the \{bad\} things\par that Ahab’s family does.\par You follow their teachings.\par So I will let you be destroyed.\par People will whistle in amazement\par when they see your destroyed city.\par Then you will bear the shame\par that the other nations bring to you. {\cf2\super [79]} \par
People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par
Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.
And those people (the false teachers) belong to the world. So the things they say are from the world, too. And the world listens to what they say.