2 Kings 9:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

Is it peace

2 Kings 9:17

What peace

2 Kings 9:18

Isaiah 57:19

The whoredoms

General references

Isaiah 57:21

Bible References

Is it peace

The watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his company coming. He said: I see a company of people. Joram said: Send out a horseman to them and let him ask: 'Do you come in peace?'

What peace

So a horseman went out to them and said: The king asks: 'Do you come in peace? ' Jehu said: What have you to do with peace? Follow me. The watchman reported that the horseman reached the group and was returning.

I create the fruit (praise) of the lips: Peace, peace to the near and the far off, says Jehovah, and I will heal him.

The whoredoms

Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, even worse than all who went before him!

When Jezebel massacred the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and hid them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.

King Ahab told his wife Jezebel everything Elijah had done. He told how he put all the prophets of Baal to death.

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth.

This is because of Nineveh's constant prostitution, this very charming mistress of evil magic. She used to sell nations by her prostitution and people by her evil magic.

But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads my servants astray so that they commit immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet. She was adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She had a golden cup in her hand. It was full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are very rich through the abundance of her luxury.

General references

My God has said: There is no peace for the wicked.