2 Kings 6:33

6:33 He was still talking to them when ¹  the messenger approached ²  and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! ³  Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”

2 Kings 20:16

20:16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord,

2 Kings 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ⁴  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ⁵ 

2 Kings 22:19

22:19 ‘You displayed a sensitive spirit ⁶  and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. ⁷  You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 1:10

1:10 Listen to the Lord’s word,

you leaders of Sodom! ⁸ 

Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, ⁹ 

people of Gomorrah!

Ezekiel 37:4

37:4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

¹ tn The Hebrew text also has “look” here.

² tn Heb “came down to him.”

³ tn Heb “Look, this is a disaster from the Lord.”

⁴ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

⁵ tn Heb “will not live.”

⁶ tn Heb “Because your heart was tender.”

⁷ tn Heb “how I said concerning this place and its residents to become [an object of] horror and [an example of] a curse.” The final phrase (“horror and a curse”) refers to Judah becoming a prime example of an accursed people. In curse formulations they would be held up as a prime example of divine judgment. For an example of such a curse, see Jer 29:22.

⁸ sn Building on the simile of v. 9, the prophet sarcastically addresses the leaders and people of Jerusalem as if they were leaders and residents of ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. The sarcasm is appropriate, for if the judgment is comparable to Sodom’s, that must mean that the sin which prompted the judgment is comparable as well.

⁹ tn Heb “to the instruction of our God.” In this context, which is highly accusatory and threatening, תּוֹרָה (torah, “law, instruction”) does not refer to mere teaching, but to corrective teaching and rebuke.