because ¹  you neglected ²  all my advice, and did not comply ³  with my rebuke,

This also comes from the Lord who commands armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. ¹ 

Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders ¹  of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

All you Israelites, ¹  make a decision here!” ² 

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.” ¹ 

But their prosperity is not their own doing. ¹  The counsel of the wicked is far from me! ² 

How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly ¹  revealed your insight!

The Lord frustrates ¹  the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans ²  of the peoples.

The Lord’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages. ¹ 

The Lord ¹  said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.

For I did not hold back from ¹  announcing ²  to you the whole purpose ³  of God.

Now David ¹  had been told, “Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, ²  “Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!”

But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

you asked, ¹  ‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But ²  I have declared without understanding ³  things too wonderful for me to know. ⁴ 

The Lord’s spirit will rest on him ¹  – a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, ²  a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, ³  a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord. ⁴ 

The Lord who rules over all ¹  spoke about Edom. ²  “Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? ³  Can Edom’s counselors not give her any good advice? ⁴  Has all of their wisdom turned bad? ⁵ 

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; ¹  they did what seemed right to them. ² 

Listen to advice ¹  and receive discipline, that ²  you may become wise ³  by the end of your life. ⁴