2 Kings 22:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ the following message from the Lord: “I am going to punish Jerusalem and all its people, as written in the book that the king has read. ¹⁷ They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down. ¹⁸ As for the king himself, this is what I, the Lord God of Israel, say: You listened to what is written in the book,