1 Kings 21:17–29

¹⁷Then 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. ¹⁹Say 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 dogs^m will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’ ”

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

“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold^o yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. ²¹He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male^p in Israel—slave or free.^{aq 22}I will make your house^r 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: ‘Dogs^t will devour Jezebel by the wall of^b Jezreel.’

²⁴“Dogs^u will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds^v will feed on those who die in the country.”

²⁵(There was never^w anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, urged on by Jezebel his wife. ²⁶He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites^x the Lord drove out before Israel.)

²⁷When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth^y and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.^z

²⁸Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite: ²⁹“Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled^a himself, I will not bring this disaster in his day,^b but I will bring it on his house in the days of his son.”^c