But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, was angry(A) with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven.(B)

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13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil(A) deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved(B) and have given us a remnant like this.

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15 Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous!(A) We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand(B) in your presence.(C)

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for her sins are piled up to heaven,(A)
    and God has remembered(B) her crimes.

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