⁶ The leaders of Israel and the king humbled^(A) themselves and said, “The Lord is just.”^(B)

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.^(C) My wrath^(D) will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak. ⁸ 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.”

¹¹ For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”^(A)

⁶ You see, at just the right time,^(A) when we were still powerless,^(B) Christ died for the ungodly.^{(C) 7} Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸ But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(D)