1 Kings 21:19–29

¹⁹Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Have you murdered ^dand also taken possession?’ ^eThen tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick your blood!’ ” ^f

²⁰Ahab said to Elijah, “So, you have caught me, my enemy.” ^g

He replied, “I have caught you because you devoted ^hyourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight. ²¹This is what the Lord says: ⁱ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants:

I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males, ^j

both slave and free, in Israel; ^k

²²I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam ^lson of Nebat and like the house of Baasha ^mson of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin. ⁿ²³The Lord also speaks of Jezebel: The dogs will eat Jezebel in the plot of land ^oat Jezreel: ^p

²⁴He who belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, the dogs will eat,

and he who dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.’ ” ^q

²⁵Still, there was no one like Ahab, who devoted himself to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight, because his wife Jezebel incited him. ^r26He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols ^sas the Amorites ^thad, whom the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

²⁷When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth ^uand walked around subdued. ²⁸Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: ²⁹“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? I will not bring the disaster during his lifetime, ^vbecause he has humbled himself before Me. I will bring the disaster on his house during his son’s lifetime.” ^w