18 Say this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the Lord: ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: As for the words that you heard,(A) 19 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord(B) when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse,(C) and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard’—this is the Lord’s declaration. 20 ‘Therefore, I will indeed gather you to your ancestors, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace.(D) Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am bringing on this place.’”

Then they reported[a] to the king.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:20 Lit returned a word

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