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‘This is what the Lord says: Do not go up to fight against your fellow Israelites. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing.'" So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.

Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, "This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"

Now Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made iron horns, and he declared, "This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed.'"

But Micaiah said, "As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what my God says."

He said: "Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's.

Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: "This is what the Lord , the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: ‘Why do you disobey the Lord 's commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the Lord , he has forsaken you.'"

When Hezekiah says, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,' he is misleading you, to let you die of hunger and thirst.

She said to them, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me,

‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people—all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah.

Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord , ‘This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "‘The Lord , the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.'"