2 CHRONICLES 18:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil against thee.”
'Now therefore behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; the LORD has declared disaster for you' — Micaiah's conclusion (עַתָּה הִנָּה נָתַן יְהוָה רוּחַ־שֶׁקֶר בְּפִי־כָּל־הַנְּבִיאִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיהוָה דִּבֶּר־עָלֶיךָ רָעָה): the false prophets' unanimity derived from divine deception—the spirit-lie in their mouths. God had 'declared disaster for you' (דִּבֶּר־עָלֶיךָ רָעָה). Truth and lie intertwined: the lie was real (serving judgment), yet it came by divine permission.
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