2 Chronicles 34:22-28

Common English Bible

²²So Hilkiah and the royal officials went to the prophetess Huldah. She was married to Shallum, Tokhath’s son and Hasrah’s grandson, who was in charge of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem in the second district. When they spoke to her, ²³she replied, “This is what the Lord, Israel’s God, says: Tell this to the man who sent you to me: ²⁴This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring disaster on this place and its citizens—all the curses written in the scroll that they have read to Judah’s king. ²⁵My anger burns against this place, never to be quenched, because they’ve deserted me and have burned incense to other gods, angering me by everything they have done.^[a] ²⁶But also say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to question the Lord: This is what the Lord, Israel’s God, says about the message you’ve just heard: ²⁷Because your heart was broken and you submitted before the Lord when you heard what he said against this place and its citizens,^[b] and because you ripped your clothes and cried before me, I have listened to you, declares the Lord. ²⁸I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will go to your grave in peace. You won’t experience the disaster I am about to bring on this place and its citizens.”