She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;
Parallel translations
- WEB She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
- KJV And 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.
- 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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Quick answer
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 23:13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
- John 18:28They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
- Luke 20:47who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”
- Isa 58:4Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
- Matt 2:8He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
- Gen 34:13–17The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
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