Then the princes of Israel, and the King humbled themselves, and said, The Lord is [a]just.

And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves, therefore I will not destroy them, but I will send them deliverance shortly, and my wrath shall not [b]be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

Nevertheless they shall be his servants: so shall they know my [c]service, and the service of the kingdoms of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:6 And therefore doth justly punish you for your sins.
  2. 2 Chronicles 12:7 Hebrew, drop down.
  3. 2 Chronicles 12:8 He showeth that God’s punishments are not to destroy his utterly, but to chastise them, to bring them to the knowledge of themselves, and to know how much better it is to serve God than tyrants.

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