Spirit Of The Lord
Definition
Prophets who speak peace when fed and war when not, peddling lies for gain; contrasted with the prophet filled with the Spirit of the Lord.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- False Prophecy For Hire
Biblical References
- Micah 6:8 — *He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God. *
- Micah 6:1-2 — Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains. Present your case before the hills.” Hear the Lord’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case
- Micah 1:2-4 — Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The Sovereign Lord will act as a witness against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace. Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling pla
- Micah 1:5 — All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. And just what is Jacob’s rebellion? Isn’t it Samaria’s doings? And what is Judah’s sin? Isn’t it Jerusalem’s doings?
- Micah 1:6-7 — “I will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field, into a place for planting vineyards. I will dump the rubble of her walls down into the valley and lay bare her foundations. All her carved idols will be smashed
- Micah 2:1-2 — Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. They confiscate the fields they desire and seize the houses