1 Kings 18:29

18:29 Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, ¹  but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. ² 

1 Kings 18:2

18:2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.

Now the famine was severe in Samaria. ³ 

1 Kings 18:9-11

18:9 Obadiah ⁴  said, “What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution? ⁵  18:10 As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, ‘He’s not here,’ he makes them ⁶  swear an oath that they could not find you. 18:11 Now you say, ‘Go and say to your master, “Elijah is back.”’ ⁷ 

Jeremiah 27:14-16

27:14 Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve ⁸  the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you. 27:15 For I, the Lord, affirm ⁹  that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you ¹⁰  listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.” ¹¹ 

27:16 I also told the priests and all the people, “The Lord says, ‘Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that ¹²  the valuable articles taken from the Lord’s temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. ¹³  But they are prophesying a lie to you.

Ezekiel 13:1-9

False Prophets Denounced

13:1 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 13:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ¹⁴  ‘Hear the word of the Lord! 13:3 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing! 13:4 Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel. 13:5 You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord. 13:6 They see delusion and their omens are a lie. ¹⁵  They say, “the Lord declares,” though the Lord has not sent them; ¹⁶  yet they expect their word to be confirmed. ¹⁷  13:7 Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, “the Lord declares,” although I myself never spoke?

13:8 “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, ¹⁸  I am against you, ¹⁹  declares the sovereign Lord. 13:9 My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council ²⁰  of my people, nor be written in the registry ²¹  of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

[18:29]  ¹ tn Heb “when noon passed they prophesied until the offering up of the offering.”

[18:29]  ² tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta include the following words here: “When it was time to offer the sacrifice, Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations: ‘Stand aside for the time being, and I will offer my burnt offering.’ So they stood aside and departed.”

[18:2]  ³ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[18:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Obadiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “to kill me.”

[18:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “he makes the kingdom or the nation swear an oath.”

[18:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, Elijah”; or “Elijah is here.”

[27:14]  ⁸ tn The verb in this context is best taken as a negative obligatory imperfect. See IBHS 508 §31.4g for discussion and examples. See Exod 4:15 as an example of positive obligation.

[27:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

[27:15]  ¹⁰ sn The verbs are again plural referring to the king and his royal advisers.

[27:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “…drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying lies.”

[27:16]  ¹² tn Heb “don’t listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you….” The sentence has been broken up for the sake of English style and one level of embedded quotes has been eliminated to ease complexity.

[27:16]  ¹³ sn This refers to the valuable articles of the temple treasury which were carried off by Nebuchadnezzar four years earlier when he carried off Jeconiah, his family, some of his nobles, and some of the cream of Judean society (2 Kgs 24:10-16, especially v. 13 and see also vv. 19-20 in the verses following).

[13:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “from their mind.”

[13:6]  ¹⁵ sn The same description of a false prophet is found in Micah 2:11.

[13:6]  ¹⁶ sn The Lord has not sent them. A similar concept is found in Jer 14:14; 23:21.

[13:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “confirmed”; NIV “to be fulfilled”; TEV “to come true.”

[13:8]  ¹⁸ tn The word h!nn@h indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[13:8]  ¹⁹ tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

[13:9]  ²⁰ tn The Hebrew term may refer to the secret council of the Lord (Jer 23:18; Job 15:8), but here it more likely refers to a human council comprised of civic leaders (Gen 49:6; Jer 6:11; 15:17 Ps 64:3; 111:1).

[13:9]  ²¹ tn The reference here is probably to a civil list (as in Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:64) rather than to a “book of life” (Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Ps 69:29; Dan 12:1). This registry may have been established at the making of David’s census (2 Sam 24:2, 9).