KJV ORIGINAL
And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
And you will become very sick with a terrible disease in your intestines, until your intestines come out because of this sickness getting worse day by day.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is declaring that someone will suffer from a severe, progressively worsening intestinal disease as judgment.
📚 Historical Context
This prophecy was delivered by the prophet Elijah to King Jehoram of Judah, who had led the people into idolatry and killed his own brothers. Jehoram had married Ahab's daughter Athaliah and brought Baal worship into Judah, abandoning the ways of his godly father Jehoshaphat. This divine judgment came as a consequence of his wickedness and rejection of God.
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