2 KINGS 22:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.”
Because your heart was penitent, 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 because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard you, says the LORD — Huldah announces divine mercy for Josiah personally: 'Because your heart was penitent' (עַל־אֲשֶׁר רַךְ־לְבָבְךָ, *al-asher rak lebavekha*, literally 'because your heart was tender'). Josiah's repentance, humiliation, and tears have been 'heard' by the LORD. The oracle indicates that individual righteousness can bring personal exemption from communal judgment.
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