Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’
Elijah is told to say that Ahab has murdered a man and seized his land.
It names the crime without disguise or softening.
17Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18“Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it. 19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ 20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” 21He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: 22I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat 23And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: 24Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city