2 Kings 1:2-3
1:2 Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria
and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders,
“Go, ask
Baal Zebub,
the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury.”
1:3 But the Lord’s angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: ‘You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron.
2 Kings 6:33
6:33 He was still talking to them when
the messenger approached
and said, “Look, the
Lord is responsible for this disaster!
Why should I continue to wait for the
Lord to help?”
Isaiah 8:19-20
Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives
8:19 They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”
8:20 Then you must recall the Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
Lamentations 3:25-26
ט (Tet)
3:25 The Lord is good to those who trust in him,
to the one who seeks him.
3:26 It is good to wait patiently
for deliverance from the Lord.
Habakkuk 2:3
2:3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed;
it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out.
Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently;
for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late.