²⁰ Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!”^(A)

“I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold^(B) yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. ²¹ He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male^(C) in Israel—slave or free.^{[a](D) 22} I will make your house^(E) like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’^(F)

²³ “And also concerning Jezebel the Lord says: ‘Dogs^(G) will devour Jezebel by the wall of^[b] Jezreel.’

²⁴ “Dogs^(H) will eat those belonging to Ahab who die in the city, and the birds^(I) will feed on those who die in the country.”

¹⁶ He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers^(A) to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave^(B) the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”