I am bringer of Truth out of the hidden,
I am finder of ways where footing is sure,
I am sword and shield against things forbidden.
I am brightness to guide, healing to cure;
Mine are the words that endure.
I, now, about to declare as the Spirit orders,
Cry, let women avoid, let children hide,
Let none but spearmen be here, the city’s warders.
I speak, out of the Truth, words that abide.
Men only may hear what might of men must decide.
[Jezebel veils and goes.
Enter Joram, then Jehu, then Ahab, preceded by Spearmen.
Ahab.
Now that the revelation is vouchsafed,
Stand, all, before this Prophet, who has seen
Light in the darkness that has blinded us.
Prophet.
Hearken, O King, to revelation’s self.
The spirit says, “Go up against the Syrians;
At Ramoth-Gilead you shall conquer them.”
See here these horns of iron that I wear.
The spirit says, “With these horns shalt thou push
The Syrians, until they be consumed.”
Jehu.
Good messages, good omens, good foretellings.
Ahab.