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Whereupon the Sarim (princes) of Yisroel and HaMelech humbled themselves; and they said, Tzaddik Hashem.

And when Hashem saw that they humbled themselves, the Devar Hashem came to Shemayah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some peleitah (deliverance, rescue); and My chamah (anger, wrath) shall not be poured out upon Yerushalayim by the yad Shishak.

Nevertheless they shall be his avadim; that they may differentiate My avodah, and the avodat mamlechut of the lands.

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The leaders of Israel and the king humbled(A) themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”(B)

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.(C) My wrath(D) will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. They will, however, become subject(E) to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands.”

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