2 Kings 22:13

Guidance and decisions Prayer Repentance God's word

¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes

¹² and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”

¹⁴ So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.

¹⁵ And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
KJV: Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
WEB: “Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the LORD’s wrath that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.”
ASV: Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
DARBY: Go, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book which is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written [there] for us.
BLB: “Go, inquire of YHWH for me and for the people and for all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great [is] the wrath of YHWH that is aroused against us, upon that our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written about us.”

ÅB: Gå og spør Herren for meg og for folket og for hele Juda om det som står i denne bok som nå er funnet! For stor er Herrens vrede, som er tent opp mot oss fordi våre fedre ikke har vært lydige mot denne boks ord og ikke gjort alt det som er oss foreskrevet.
OTB: "Gå, spør Herren for meg, og for folket, og for hele Juda angående ordene i denne boken som er funnet— for stor er Herrens vrede som brenner mot oss, fordi våre fedre ikke lyttet til ordene i denne boken, for å gjøre i samsvar med alt som er skrevet om oss."
B1930: Gå og spør Herren for mig og for folket og for hele Juda om det som står i denne bok som nu er funnet! For stor er Herrens vrede, som er optendt mot oss fordi våre fedre ikke har vært lydige mot denne boks ord og ikke gjort alt det som er oss foreskrevet.

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Nehemiah 9:3
While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
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Deuteronomy 31:17–18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
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Jeremiah 37:17
Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
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James 1:22–25
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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Deuteronomy 29:23–28
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
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Deuteronomy 4:23–27
Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
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Revelation 6:17
For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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