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‘This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this incident has come from Me.'" So they listened to what the Lord said and turned back from going against Jeroboam.

Then Shemaiah the prophet went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them: "This is what the Lord says: ‘You have abandoned Me; therefore, I have abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.'"

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made iron horns and said, "This is what the Lord says: ‘You will gore the Arameans with these until they are finished off.'"

But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, I will say whatever my God says."

and he said, "Listen carefully, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number, for the battle is not yours, but God's.

The Spirit of God took control of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, "This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord 's commands and you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord , He has abandoned you.'"

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord , the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you of His people may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.