11 “This is what the Lord says: ‘I am bringing trouble against you. This trouble will come from your own family. I will take your wives from you and give them to someone who is very close to you. He will have sexual relations with your wives, and everyone will know it!
12 You had sexual relations with Bathsheba in secret, but I will punish you so that all the people of Israel can see it.’”
13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “The Lord will forgive you, even for this sin. You will not die.
14 But you did things that made the Lord’S enemies lose their respect for him, so your new baby son will die.”
15 Then Nathan went home. And the Lord caused the baby boy who was born to David and Uriah’s wife to become very sick.
16 David prayed to God for the baby. David refused to eat or drink. He went into his house and stayed there and lay on the ground all night.
17 The leaders of David’s family came and tried to pull David up from the ground, but he refused to get up. He refused to eat with these leaders.