Sometimes imagery supplemented the message that was expressed in words, and sometimes the imagery was the message. Ahijah tore his new cloak into twelve strips and gave ten of the strips to Jeroboam to graphically portray what he was saying. Ahijah said that David would have a lamp before the Lord in Jerusalem. Ahijah also said that the Lord would strike Israel so that it would be like a reed swaying in the water. Micaiah saw all of Israel like sheep in the hills without a shepherd. He also saw a