I have said, I will dash them in pieces, I will bring to an end the memory of them from among men,

For they are a nation void of counsel, nor is there any understanding in them.

And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.

So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother. But the king of Israel said to him, No, for Jehovah has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

but you have ignored all my counsel, and have not desired my reproof:

when your terror comes like a storm; and your devastation arrives like a tempest, when distress and anguish come upon you.

And what will you do in the day of judgment, and in destruction when it comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your distress; for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.