⁷ When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance.^(A) My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.^(B)

¹² When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely.^(A) Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.^(B)