1 Kings 21:29 Cross References - NSB

²⁹ »Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime. It will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family.«

³ Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him: »Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

²⁵ Jehu said to Bidkar, his captain: »Pick him up, and put him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab, his father. Jehovah offered this prophesy against him. ²⁶ »Even as I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday, ‘I will pay you back in this field,’ declares Jehovah. Now take him and throw him into the field as Jehovah predicted.«

³³ He said: »Take her and throw her out the window.« So they threw her down with force. Her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses. She was crushed under their feet.

¹¹ Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

⁴⁴ As soon as they hear of me, they will obey me. Foreigners will cringe in front of me.

³ Say to God: How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.

³⁴ When he killed some of them, the rest searched for him. They turned from their sins and eagerly looked for God. ³⁵ They remembered that God was their rock, that the Most High was their defender. ³⁶ They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues. ³⁷ Their hearts were not loyal to him. They were not faithful to his promise.

¹⁵ But you, O Jehovah, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.

¹⁷ »Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

¹⁰ »‘Son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘You people have said: »Our transgressions and our sins are upon us. We are rotting away in them. How can we survive?«’ ¹¹ Say to them: ‘»As I am alive!« Declares the Lord Jehovah. »I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Only that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?«’

¹⁸ Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).

⁴⁴ Turning to the woman, he said to Simon: »See this woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

⁴ Do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering? Do you not know that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

⁹ Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness. He is longsuffering (patient) toward you. He does not wish that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.