14 After King Amatsyah returned from fighting the Edomites, he brought back their idols and set them up to be his gods—bowing down to them and offering sacrifices. 15 That made Yahweh very angry at Amatsyah, and he sent a prophet to tell him, “Why did you want those gods who weren’t even able to save their own people from your army?”

16 While he was still speaking, the king snapped at him, “Who asked you to be my counsellor? Stop right this minute or they’ll strike you down?”

So the prophet stopped talking, but then he added, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you’ve done that, and because you didn’t listen to my advice.”