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NASB | 2 Chronicles 18:16 So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Chronicles 18:16 Then Micaiah said, "I saw all [the people of] Israel Scattered on the mountains, As sheep that have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each one return to his house in peace.'" |
Subject: The need of a Shepherd and Master |
Bible Note: Hi Steve, Are you going to deny that Jesus was thinking of Himself in Matthew 9:36 and Mark 6:34? Your reference of Jeremiah 31:10 is good to my way of thinking. "He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him (as a shepherd keeps his flock). He appears to be a Shepherd to me. Do you deny that He was David's Shepherd? What I'm doing here in a sense is testing the spirits. In other words, shepherd or Shepherd, master or Master, spirit or Spirit. This passage also is about testing the spirits as far as Ahab and Jehoshaphat and Micaiah and Zedekiah are concerned. Verse 14 has the deceiving spirit agreeing with the 400 other prophets, "Go up and succeed, for they will be given into your hand." I don't think that Ahab knew it wasn't true; he just couldn't believe it from past experience with Micaiah. But since he asked for the truth, God gave it to them both. If both of the kings listened then they would have gone to their homes in peace. I see no idea of these kings being shepherds or masters. Jehosophat was closest to looking for a Master in that 2 Chronicles 18:6,7 has him desireous of inquiring about the Lord's will. Yet when he heard the prophesy he still went to battle and was reproved for it in Ch 19:2. And yet again, it was said of him that "you have set your heart to seek God." In 2 Chronicles 18:23 we see another test of the spirits. "Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?"" ***Zedekiah thought that he had the true Spirit in his prophecy and he wonders how Micaiah could have a true proclamation of disaster. The proof was in how it came out in the end. I find it encouraging that the king who said "Please inquire first for the word of the Lord" in Chapter 18:4 is the one whose life is saved in verse 31 by God when Jehoshaphat cried out. Later, Ray |