Neverthelesssomemenof Asher,Manassehand Zebulunhumbledthemselves and cameto Jerusalem.
Someof the sonsof Judah,of the sonsof Benjaminand of the sonsof Ephraimand Manassehlivedin Jerusalem:
Those from allthe tribesof Israelwho settheir heartson seekingthe LORDGodof Israelfollowedthem to Jerusalem,to sacrificeto the LORDGodof their fathers.
And when he humbledhimself, the angerof the LORDturnedawayfrom him, so as not to destroy[him] completely;and alsoconditionswere goodin Judah.
For a multitudeof the people,[even] manyfrom Ephraimand Manasseh,Issacharand Zebulun,had not purifiedthemselves, yetthey atethe Passoverotherwisethan prescribed.For Hezekiahprayedfor them, saying,"May the goodLORDpardon
The sonsof Israelpresentin Jerusalemcelebratedthe Feastof UnleavenedBread[for] sevendayswith greatjoy,and the Levitesand the priestspraisedthe LORDdayafter daywith loudinstrumentsto the LORD.
Allthe assemblyof Judahrejoiced,with the priestsand the Levitesand allthe assemblythat camefrom Israel,both the sojournerswho camefrom the landof Israeland those livingin Judah.
When he was in distress,he entreatedthe LORDhis Godand humbledhimself greatlybeforethe Godof his fathers.
His prayeralso and [how God] was entreatedby him, and allhis sin,his unfaithfulness,and the siteson whichhe builthighplacesand erectedthe Asherimand the carvedimages,beforehe humbledhimself, behold,they are writtenin the recordsof the Hozai.
Moreover, he did not humblehimself beforethe LORDas his fatherManassehhad done,but Amonmultipliedguilt.
"Becauseyour heartwas tenderand you humbledyourselfbeforeGodwhen you heardHis wordsagainstthisplaceand againstits inhabitants,and [because] you humbledyourselfbeforeMe, toreyour clothesand weptbeforeMe, I trulyhave heardyou," declaresthe LORD.
Mosesand Aaronwentto Pharaohand saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,the Godof the Hebrews,'Howlongwill you refuseto humbleyourself beforeMe? LetMy peoplego,that they may serveMe.
"Yet you, his son,Belshazzar,have not humbledyour heart,eventhoughyou knewallthis,
I alsowas actingwith hostilityagainstthem, to bringthem into the landof their enemies--oriftheir uncircumcisedheartbecomeshumbledso that they thenmakeamendsfor their iniquity,
"For everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,and he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
"I tellyou, this manwentto his housejustifiedrather thanthe other;for everyonewho exaltshimselfwill be humbled,but he who humbleshimselfwill be exalted."
But somemenjoinedhim and believed,amongwhomalsowere Dionysiusthe Areopagiteand a womannamedDamarisand otherswith them.
Humbleyourselves in the presenceof the Lord,and He will exaltyou.
Thereforehumbleyourselves underthe mightyhandof God,that He may exaltyou at the proper time,
