<p class="poetry">I spoke to the prophets;p> <p class="poetry">I myself revealed many visions;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I spoke in parables<n id="2" /> through<n id="3" /> the prophets.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> announced through<n id="1" /> his servants the prophets:

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him<n id="1" /> and he told his servant, &#8220;Put the big pot on the fire<n id="2" /> and boil some stew for the prophets.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel.

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha<n id="1" /> stood by the Jordan.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;But you made the Nazirites drink wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you commanded the prophets, &#8216;Do not prophesy!&#8217;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.

<t /><p class="bodytext">One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, &#8220;Wound me!&#8221;<n id="1" /> But the man refused to wound him.

<p class="bodytext">When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho,<n id="1" /> who were standing at a distance,<n id="2" /> saw him do this, they said, &#8220;The spirit that energized Elijah<n id="3" /> rests upon Elisha.&#8221; They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Some of the prophets<n id="1" /> said to Elisha, &#8220;Look, the place where we meet with you<n id="2" /> is too cramped<n id="3" /> for us.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild<n id="1" /> and told him, &#8220;Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container<n id="2" /> of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

You will destroy the family of your master Ahab.<n id="1" /> I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servants.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals.<n id="1" /> The following men were assigned this responsibility:<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs &#8211; also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has poured out on youp> <p class="poetry">a strong urge to sleep deeply.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He has shut your eyes (the prophets),p> <p class="poetry">and covered your heads (the seers).p>

<p class="poetry">The prophets prophesy lies.p> <p class="poetry">The priests exercise power by their own authority.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">And my people love to have it this way.p> <p class="poetry">But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!<n id="2" />p>

From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably<n id="1" /> prophesied war, disaster,<n id="2" /> and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over<n id="1" /> again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.<n id="2" />

This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority<n id="1" /> to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors,<n id="2" /> and to all the inhabitants<n id="3" /> of the land as well.p>