For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor turn again by the way that you came.' — The young prophet recites the divine prohibition that governs his conduct, making clear the categorical nature of the command. The verb אָמַר אֵלַי (amar elay, it was said to me) invokes direct divine speech, the highest form of prophetic authority. The tripled prohibition—no bread, no water, no returning by the same way—stands as an inviolable covenant between the prophet and God.

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