The Lord said to Jeremiah,“ Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Announce my message there. Tell him,

耶和华如此说：“你下到犹大王的宫中，在那里说这话，

耶和华如此说：“你要下到犹大王的宫中，在那里说这话，

耶和华如此说：“你要下到犹大王的宫中，在那里说这话，

耶和华对我说：“你下到犹大王的宫殿，这样宣告，

耶和华这样说：“你下到犹大王的宫中，在那里宣讲这些话，

耶和華如此說：「你下到猶大王的宮中，在那裏說這話，

耶和華如此說：「你要下到猶大王的宮中，在那裏說這話，

耶和華如此說：「你要下到猶大王的宮中，在那裏說這話，

耶和華對我說：「你下到猶大王的宮殿，這樣宣告，

耶和華這樣說：“你下到猶大王的宮中，在那裡宣講這些話，

永恆主這麼說：『你下猶大王宮中，在那裏講以下這話，

耶和華曰、爾往猶大王宮宣言、

耶和華告耶利米曰、詣猶大王宮告之、

主如是諭我曰、爾詣猶大王宮、以斯言宣之曰、

This is what the Lord says:“ Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there:

Thus says the Lord:“ Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word,

This is what the Lord said to me:“ Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,

This is what the LORD says:“ Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.

This is what the Lord says:“ Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there speak this word,

Thus says the Lord:“ Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,

Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

This is what the Lord says:“ Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.

Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

The LORD told me,“ Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there.

Yahweh said,“ Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word, there:

“ I am the Lord, the God of Israel. Go to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. Tell him,‘ The Lord says,“ I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon. He will burn it down.

The Lord sent the prophet Nathan to David. When Nathan came to him, he said,“ Two men lived in the same town. One was rich. The other was poor.

Before David got up the next morning, a message from the Lord came to Gad the prophet. He was David’s seer. The message said,“ Go and tell David,‘ The Lord says,“ I could punish you in three different ways. Choose one of them for me to use against you.” ’ ”

John had been saying to Herod,“ It is against the Law for you to be married to your brother’s wife.”

“ Also speak to Judah’s royal family. Tell them,‘ Listen to the Lord’ s message.

“ Listen to me, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you members of the royal family! Here is my decision against you. You have been like a trap at Mizpah. You have been like a net spread out on Mount Tabor.

The Lord was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him. The prophet said,“ Why do you ask the gods of those people for advice? They couldn’t even save their own people from your power!”While the prophet was still speaking, the king spoke to him. He said,“ Did I ask you for advice? Stop! If you don’t, you will be struck down.” So the prophet stopped. But then he said,“ I know that God has decided to destroy you. That’s because you have worshiped other gods. You haven’t listened to my advice.”

But John found fault with Herod, the ruler of Galilee, because of his marriage to Herodias. She was the wife of Herod’s brother. John also spoke strongly to Herod about all the other evil things he had done.So Herod locked John up in prison. Herod added this sin to all his others.

“ Go down to see Ahab, the king of Israel. He rules in Samaria. You will find him in Naboth’s vineyard. Ahab has gone there to take it over.Tell him,‘ The Lord says,“ Haven’t you murdered a man? Haven’t you taken over his property?” ’ Then tell Ahab,‘ The Lord says,“ Dogs licked up Naboth’s blood. In that same place dogs will lick up your blood. Yes, I said your blood!” ’ ”Ahab said to Elijah,“ My enemy! You have found me!”“ I have found you,” he answered.“ That’s because you gave yourself over to do evil things. You did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

Jehu the prophet went out to meet him. He was the son of Hanani. Jehu said to the king,“ You shouldn’t help evil people. You shouldn’t love those who hate the Lord. The Lord is angry with you.But there’s some good in you. You have removed all the poles in the land used to worship the female god named Asherah. And you have worshiped God with all your heart.”

Don’t prophesy here at Bethel anymore. This is where the king worships. The main temple in the kingdom is located here.”

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people. But they didn’t pay any attention to him.

“ That’s enough!” Samuel said to Saul.“ Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”“ Tell me,” Saul replied.Samuel said,“ There was a time when you didn’t think you were important. But you became the leader of the tribes of Israel. The Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.He sent you to do something for him. He said,‘ Go and completely destroy the Amalekites. Go and destroy those evil people. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’Why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you keep for yourselves what you had taken from your enemies? Why did you do what is evil in the sight of the Lord?”“ But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said.“ I went to do what he sent me to do. I completely destroyed the Amalekites. I brought back Agag, their king.The soldiers took sheep and cattle from what had been taken from our enemies. They took the best of what had been set apart to God. They wanted to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”But Samuel replied,“ What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying the Lord? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams.Refusing to obey the Lord is as sinful as using evil magic. Being proud is as evil as worshiping statues of gods. You have refused to do what the Lord told you to do. So he has refused to have you as king.”