24. “The members of Ahab’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
25. (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.
26. His worst outrage was worshiping idols just as the Amorites had done—the people whom the lord had driven out from the land ahead of the Israelites.)
27. But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.
28. Then another message from the lord came to Elijah:
29. “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I will destroy his dynasty.”