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2 Kings 22:11

Modern English Version

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

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Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his waist and mourned for his son many days.

Shaphan the scribe informed the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” So Shaphan read it before the king.

Because your heart was timid, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

And it happened that when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his garments.

My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

Rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents from punishing.

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept His commandments. The lies which their fathers followed have led them astray.

Then Joshua ripped his clothes. He and the Israelite elders fell on their faces to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt upon their heads.




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