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.”