2 Chronicles 24:18-20

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁸ They abandoned ^(A)the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and ^(B)served the ^[a]Asherim and the idols; so ^(C)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. ¹⁹ Yet ^(D)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord; though they testified against them, they would not listen.

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^20 (E)Then the Spirit of God ^[b]came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, “Thus God has said, ‘^(F)Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? ^(G)Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.’”