Lachish Letter #6

To Ya'osh of Lachish...

"And behold: the words of the pr[ophet] are not good, (but) to weaken our hands [and to sla]cken the hands of the m[en] who are informed about them."

Compare Jer. 38:4:
Then the officials said to the king, "Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm."

ANET, 322