²¹ “Go and inquire of the Lord for me and for the remnant in Israel and Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger that is poured out^(A) on us because those who have gone before us have not kept the word of the Lord; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written in this book.”

⁷ When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance.^(A) My wrath^(B) will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.