Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- KJV And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- NKJV And Micaiah said, “Indeed, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!”
- NASB And Micaiah said, “Behold, you are going to see how on that day when you go from one inner room to another trying to hide yourself.”
- NLT And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
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Quick answer
Micaiah warns Zedekiah that he will know the truth on the day he flees in terror to hide.
Overview
Micaiah answers the mockery with a quiet prediction: events themselves will vindicate the true word when disaster strikes. The fulfillment of prophecy, not present applause, will reveal who spoke for God. This confidence in eventual vindication marks the faithful servant who trusts God's verdict over human opinion.
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- 1 Kgs 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Rev 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- 2 Pet 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- Jer 29:32this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Jer 29:21–22This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
- Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Isa 9:14–16So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
- Jer 23:15Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
- Jer 28:16–17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Num 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
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