17. Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah from Tishbe:
18. “Go, meet King Ahab of Israel, who lives in Samaria. He went to confiscate Naboth’s vineyard.
19. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord asks: Have you murdered someone just to confiscate ⌊a vineyard⌋?’ Then tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: At the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will lick up your blood.’ ”
20. Ahab asked Elijah, “So you’ve found me, my enemy?”Elijah answered, “I found you. Because you sold yourself to do what the Lord considers evil.
21. So I am going to bring evil on you. I will destroy your descendants. I will destroy every male in Ahab’s ⌊house⌋, whether slave or freeman in Israel.
22. I will make your family like the family of Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) and like the house of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because you made me furious. You led Israel to sin.”
23. Then the Lord also spoke ⌊through Elijah⌋ about Jezbel: “The dogs will eat Jezbel inside the walls of Jezreel.
24. If anyone from Ahab’s ⌊house⌋ dies in the city, dogs will eat him. If anyone dies in the country, birds will eat him.”
25. There was no one else like Ahab. At the urging of his wife, he sold himself to do what the Lord considered evil.
26. He did many disgusting things as a result of worshiping idols as the Amorites had done. (The Lord confiscated their land for Israel.)
27. When Ahab heard these things, he tore his clothes ⌊in distress⌋ and dressed in sackcloth. He fasted, lay in sackcloth, and walked around depressed.
28. Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah from Tishbe:
29. “Do you see how Ahab is humbling himself in my presence? Because he’s humbling himself in my presence, I will not let any evil happen to his family while he is alive. I will bring evil on it during his son’s lifetime.”