Micaiahdeclaredto them allthe wordsthat he had heardwhen Baruchreadfrom the bookto the people.
Moreover, Shaphanthe scribetoldthe kingsaying,"Hilkiahthe priesthas givenme a book."And Shaphanreadit in the presenceof the king.
becauseyour heartwas tenderand you humbledyourselfbeforethe LORDwhen you heardwhatI spokeagainstthisplaceand againstits inhabitantsthat they should becomea desolationand a curse,and you have tornyour clothesand weptbeforeMe, I trulyhave heardyou," declaresthe LORD.
thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am bringingevilon thisplaceand on its inhabitants,[even] allthe curseswrittenin the bookwhichthey have readin the presenceof the kingof Judah.
Now when Micaiahthe sonof Gemariah,the sonof Shaphan,had heardallthe wordsof the LORDfrom the book,
When the wordreachedthe kingof Nineveh,he arosefrom his throne,laidasidehis robefrom him, covered[himself] with sackclothand saton the ashes.
