And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
Parallel translations
- WEB Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- KJV And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- 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.”
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Quick answer
Micaiah calmly answers that Zedekiah will learn the truth when he hides in terror on the day of defeat.
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The prophet stakes his vindication on the coming event, confident that history will prove God's word. His composure under assault flows from certainty that the LORD's word will stand. Time vindicates the true prophet and exposes the false.
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Cross-references · 6
- Jer 29:32therefore Yahweh says, “Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his offspring. He shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people,” says Yahweh, “because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.”’”
- Jer 29:21–22Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: “Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes.
- Jer 28:16–17Therefore Yahweh says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.’”
- 1 Kgs 20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.
- Isa 26:20Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
- Isa 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don’t see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
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