Know now, that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of
the
word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house
of Ahab,
&c.] He would have them observe, that all this, and what else
should follow of the same kind, were and would be brought about
by the providence of God, according to divine predictions, and as
just punishments on Ahab's family for their sins; and therefore
neither he nor others were to be blamed for what was done, since
they were only instruments made use of by the Lord, who both
foretold all this, and gave orders for the execution of it:
for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant
Elijah;
see ( 1 Kings
21:21 1 Kings
21:29 ) .
