²² ‘The Lord asked him, “How? ”

‘He said, “I will go and become a lying spirit^(A) in the mouth of all his prophets.”

‘Then he said, “You will certainly entice him and prevail.^(B) Go and do that.”

⁹ ‘ “But if the prophet is deceived and speaks a message, it was I, the Lord, who deceived that prophet.^(A) I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.^(B)

¹¹ For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,