17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: 18 “Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He is now in Naboth’s vineyard, where he has gone to take possession of it. 19 Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you not murdered a man and seized his property?’k Then say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood,l dogsm will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’ ”

20 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!”n

“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have soldo yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last malep in Israel—slave or free.a q 22 I will make your houser like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’s

23 “And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogst will devour Jezebel by the wall ofb Jezreel.’

24 “Dogsu will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birdsv will feed on those who die in the country.”