"We refuse to listen to what you have told us in the name of the LORD.

(SEE 42:13)

Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.

Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the LORD is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.

Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the LORD is saying.

You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.

So now listen to what the LORD says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop raving against the people of Israel.

Listen, then, if you have ears!

Then all the men who knew that their wives offered sacrifices to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, including the Israelites who lived in southern Egypt---a large crowd in all---said to me,

But now listen to the vow that I, the LORD, have made in my mighty name to all you Israelites in Egypt: Never again will I let any of you use my name to make a vow by saying, 'I swear by the living Sovereign LORD!'

They disobeyed the LORD's command and went into Egypt as far as the city of Tahpanhes.

You have made up your minds that you want to be like the other nations, like the people who live in other countries and worship trees and rocks. But that will never be.

"As surely as I, the Sovereign LORD, am the living God, I warn you that in my anger I will rule over you with a strong hand, with all my power.