And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Parallel translations
- WEB Micaiah said, “Behold, you will see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- BSB Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 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 20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
- Rev 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- 2 Pet 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
- Jer 29:32Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
- Jer 29:21–22Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
- Amos 7:17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
- Isa 9:14–16Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
- Jer 23:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
- Jer 28:16–17Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
- Num 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
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