⁷ You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.^(A)

¹³ Still, the Lord warned^(A) Israel and Judah through every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commands and statutes according to all the law I commanded your ancestors and sent to you through My servants the prophets.”^(B)

⁵ and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets^(A) I have been sending you time and time again,^[a] though you did not listen,

¹⁵ Time and time again^[a] I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: Turn, each one from his evil way of life,^(A) and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them.^(B) Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors. But you would not pay attention or obey Me.^(C)

⁴ So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again,^[a] saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.

¹⁷ “This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?

⁶ But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”^(A)