that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said: "I have broken the power of the king of Babylonia.

I will also bring back the king of Judah, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, along with all of the people of Judah who went into exile in Babylonia. Yes, I will break the power of the king of Babylonia. I, the LORD, have spoken."

to make myself a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and to put it on my neck.

As soon as Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king cut them off with a small knife and threw them into the fire. He kept doing this until the entire scroll was burned up.

But neither the king nor any of his officials who heard all this was afraid or showed any sign of sorrow.

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "

Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, "Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?"

"You will find out when you go into some back room to hide," Micaiah replied.

"You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'What have we said about you?'