My people, put on sackcloth and roll in the ashes. Cry loudly for the dead. Cry as if you lost an only son. Do this because the destroyer will come against us very quickly.
While I was busy doing other things, the man ran away.” The king of Israel answered, “You admitted that you are guilty, so you know the answer. You must do what the man said.”
Then the prophet said to the king, “The Lord says to you, ‘You set free the man I said should die. So you will take his place—you and your people will die!’”