He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position.

“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down.

“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,

The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you.

Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad,

Do not think to yourself after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, “Because of my own righteousness the Lord has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”