1 Kings 21:17-24

Living Bible

¹⁷ But the Lord said to Elijah, ¹⁸ “Go to Samaria to meet King Ahab. He will be at Naboth’s vineyard, taking possession of it. ¹⁹ Give him this message from me: ‘Isn’t killing Naboth bad enough? Must you rob him too? Because you have done this, dogs shall lick your blood outside the city just as they licked the blood of Naboth!’”

²⁰ “So my enemy has found me!” Ahab exclaimed to Elijah.

“Yes,” Elijah answered, “I have come to place God’s curse upon you because you have sold yourself to the devil.^{[a] 21} The Lord is going to bring great harm to you and sweep you away; he will not let a single one of your male descendants survive! ²² He is going to destroy your family as he did the family of King Jeroboam and the family of King Baasha, for you have made him very angry and have led all of Israel into sin. ²³ The Lord has also told me that the dogs of Jezreel shall tear apart the body of your wife, Jezebel. ²⁴ The members of your family who die in the city shall be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the country shall be eaten by vultures.”