Then (A)Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and to the princes of Judah, who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, “Thus says the Lord, (B)‘You abandoned me, so I have abandoned you to the hand of Shishak.’” Then the princes of (C)Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, (D)“The Lord is righteous.” When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah: (E)“They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance, (F)and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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