“Go and tell David: Thus says Yahweh — I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.”
In context
8David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in doing this thing. Now, please take away the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 9Yahweh spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, 10“Go and tell David: Thus says Yahweh — I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.” 11So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh: Choose for yourself — 12either three years of famine, or three months of being swept away before your foes while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or three days of the sword of Yahweh — plague in the land, with the angel of Yahweh bringing destruction throughout all the territory of Israel. Now decide what answer I should bring to the one who sent me.”
