¹¹ He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed.^(A) Then the man of God began to weep.^(B)

¹² “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm^(C) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash^(D) their little children^(E) to the ground, and rip open^(F) their pregnant women.”

¹⁷ “Speak this word to them: