2 Chronicles 25:16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The moment when King Amaziah silences the prophet — 'Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?' — and receives the response 'I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel' illustrates the tragic irreversibility of the moment when a king rejects prophetic correction. The irony is precise: Amaziah had initially obeyed a prophetic word (25:7-10) when it was financially costly, but now refuses when the message confronts his idolatrous syncretism after the Edomite victory (25:14). The prophet's withdrawal ('and the prophet forbare') models what Matthew 7:6 and Acts 18:6 also show: persistent rejection of the prophetic word results in its withdrawal, not its repetition. The Chronicler uses this as a paradigm of the 'hardening' dynamic: Amaziah's fate is sealed not by initial sin but by refusal of offered correction.
תרגומים נוספים
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king’s counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.