and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Because you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you — The old prophet delivers an oracle of condemnation against the young prophet, identifying his violation explicitly: disobedience to the divine word. The phrase עַל־אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמַעְתָּ אֶת־פִּי יְהוָה (al-asher lo-shamata et-pi YHWH, because you have not obeyed the mouth of the LORD) emphasizes the categorical nature of the violation. The young prophet's sin is not moral weakness but a failure of prophetic obedience—he has broken the covenant between himself and God.

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