2 Chronicles 24:18-20

English Standard Version

¹⁸ And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served ^(A)the Asherim and the idols. And ^(B)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. ^19 (C)Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. ^(D)These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.

Joash's Treachery

^20 (E)Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ^(F)the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ^(G)‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ^(H)Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’”