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21 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you in my name a lie, ‘Look, I am going to give them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he will strike them before your eyes. 22 And a curse will be taken up because of them by all the exiless of Judah who are in Babylon, ⌊saying⌋,t “May Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,” 23 because they have done a disgraceful thing in Israel, and they have committed adultery with the wives of their neighbors, and they have spoken wordsu in my name, liesv that I have not commanded them, and I am he who knows, and I am a witness,’ ⌊declares⌋w Yahweh.”
s | Hebrew “exile” |
t | Literally “to say” |
u | Hebrew “word” |
v | Hebrew “lie” |
w | Literally “a declaration of” |
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