And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
Parallel translations
- WEB She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
- BSB In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- NKJV She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;
- NASB Now she had written in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
- NLT In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for a time of fasting, and give Naboth a place of honor.
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The letters command a public fast with Naboth seated prominently among the people. The pretense of piety masks a plot to destroy him.
Overview
Jezebel's instructions call for a solemn fast, as if some sin had brought guilt on the community, with Naboth placed conspicuously to be accused. The religious occasion is a cynical cover for judicial murder. By cloaking wickedness in the forms of worship, Jezebel adds blasphemy to injustice, manipulating sacred things to serve evil ends.
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- Matt 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
- John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
- Luke 20:47Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
- Isa 58:4Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Matt 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Gen 34:13–17And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
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