20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.(A)

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David in Saul’s Court

14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul,(A) and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,

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21 This is what the Lord says:[a] ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will eradicate your descendants:

I will wipe out all of Ahab’s males,[b]
both slave and free,[c] in Israel;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:21 LXX; MT omits This is what the Lord says
  2. 21:21 Lit eliminate Ahab’s one who urinates against the wall
  3. 21:21 Or males, even the weak and impaired; Hb obscure

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him(A) because he never prophesies good about me,(B) but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

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33 While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger[a] came down to him. Then he said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?” (A)

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  1. 6:33 Some emend to king

10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[a]

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  1. 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

49 He sent his burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.[a](A)

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  1. 78:49 Or angels

11 I will punish the world for its evil,(A)
and wicked people for their iniquities.
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant(B)
and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.

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But he also is wise and brings disaster.(A)
He does not go back on what he says;(B)
he will rise up against the house of the wicked
and against the allies of evildoers.

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11 But disaster will happen to you;
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.[a]
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.(A)

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  1. 47:11 Or to atone for it

14 Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out[a] from the north(A) on all who live in the land.

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  1. 1:14 LXX reads will boil

38 Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?(A)

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If a ram’s horn(A) is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?(B)
If a disaster(C) occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?(D)

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